Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 22 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
15.7° C
(Which is 4.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121212121214141313131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232362382364347390330414319309309597639577560543466398324236232232132121
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
1.30
6:48AM
1.40
7:20PM
1.17
7:45AM
1.25
8:35PM
1.05
9:15AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
0.28
1:11PM
0.32
1:17AM
0.42
2:17PM
0.45
2:35AM
0.56
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:28-------6:30--
Sunset7:31-------7:30-------7:29-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919191818192020202019191920202121211919191920
Feels °C (?)202121201919202020212120201819182020201818181719
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