Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.9°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 12AM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)7ft (2.2m)6s
Evening (04 Dec)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSE
3
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1.8
SE
1
WSW
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.9
WSW
1.2
SSE
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
S
0.9
WSW
1.3
S
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)77777711881091010111010109788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515786466427385312218234275146222114135184158326107112178196196196149149
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
50
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
1.49
2:32PM
1.64
3:07AM
1.53
3:20PM
1.63
3:53AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
-0.00
8:23AM
0.14
8:56PM
-0.03
9:12AM
0.11
9:41PM
-0.02
10:00AM
0.12
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:26-------5:26--
Sunset7:44-------7:45-------7:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918171718212120191818181920201918181818181919
Feels °C (?)111012111315191717151414141617151412121212111212
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