Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.3° C
1.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Long Beach today (03 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 12AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)--
Afternoon (03 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (03 Aug)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun night, min 13°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NNW by Wed afternoon).

Sun
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
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)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
12
1
SW
14
1.5
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.3
WSW
14
1.6
SW
12
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.2
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
488
378
395
744
732
710
612
712
534
534
517
533
420
344
382
332
326
249
208
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
W
10
SSE
10
E
5
SE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
W
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
10
SE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
off
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
5:34PM1.52m
5:47AM1.34m
6:08PM1.48m
6:27AM1.27m
6:48PM1.41m
Low Tide
11:47PM0.22m
11:48AM0.21m
00:24AM0.26m
12:25PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:37
7:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:07
 mm
Temp °C
19
19
17
17
17
16
18
19
19
19
19
19
17
16
17
17
17
16
15
Feels °C
16
17
15
15
16
14
16
17
16
15
15
18
16
15
16
16
16
14
14
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