Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Issued: 7 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is

17.5°C

Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Long Beach today (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 30). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	14s
Evening (30 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	12s

Table - waves today at Long Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	WSW 13	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	864	769	409	1355	876	1033	1000	953	843	828	718	800	705	778	1133	1831	2066	1933	1819	1527	1297	1206	1077
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide						5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m				7:58AM1.19m					8:36PM1.09m
Low Tide				11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m				1:27AM0.41m					2:24PM0.50m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	12	14	15	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	WSW 13	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	864	769	409	1355	876	1033	1000	953	843	828	718	800	705	778	1133	1831	2066	1933	1819	1527	1297	1206	1077
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 12	WSW 15	WSW 11	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 14	W 11	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	—	W 11	W 11
kJ	6	152	331	190	149	117	85	82	79	75	71	67	221	510	416	105	141	103	102	71	—	38	37
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NW 12	WSW 15	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 10	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	ESE 10	ESE 9	SSW 10	NW 11	W 11	SE 9	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	—	—	E 14	ESE 9
kJ	—	6	275	6	6	5	38	5	5	5	9	8	65	5	2	3	4	3	3	—	—	4	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 9	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 4
kJ	87	83	49	37	35	28	34	34	34	35	46	64	73	76	62	50	27	28	70	22	43	32	27
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Dumps Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	2
Distance (km)	31	24	161	349	349	106	46	31	3	3	162	349	349	285	0	0	0	3	52	349	328	79	47
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Captains	Beach Road					Strand (Pipe)	Captains	Captains	Captains					Long Beach	Long Beach	Kamer Van	The Hoek
Rating (10 max)	3	3					2	3	3	3					3	3	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Outer Pool Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Header Global	Tahai Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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