Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 05 Feb 2026 SAST
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)111011111111111212121211111111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)194180194194194191220278152355293273268268303338332375406357437384369520
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
10
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
1.38
5:55AM
1.50
6:09PM
1.29
6:26AM
1.39
6:42PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.16
11:39PM
0.17
12:11PM
0.24
12:09AM
0.28
12:44PM
0.35
12:39AM
0.40
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset----7:49-------7:47-------7:46---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222222121202020202121202020202020202020202020
Feels °C (?)222324211919181818181918171717182020181818191919
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