Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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
15.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (14 Sep)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313131212121211111212131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4295413936653017238020361659143512491129130513921499155116842566698795891178094657121605952454880
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
45
NW
50
NW
50
WNW
45
W
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
1.09
8:29PM
1.12
9:46AM
1.02
10:34PM
1.07
11:42AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
0.42
1:58PM
0.53
3:13AM
0.53
4:10PM
0.60
5:18AM
0.51
6:04PM
0.52
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise---6:48-------6:46-------6:45----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414141415151414141414151515151615141312121312
Feels °C (?)111111121313121213121110987666655688
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Long Beach (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 16 km from Long Beach). A 2.6m groundswell from the SSW

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0.0
15.8
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