Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Issued: 1 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is

17.0°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Long Beach today (28 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 19s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	19s
Evening (28 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).
	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SW 19	SW 18	SW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	SW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	145	134	102	147	441	1019	1631	2986	2767	2729	2413	2582	2060	1830	1942	1256	1022	864	769	415	764	861	1071	1000
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:10AM1.52m				4:23PM1.59m				4:53AM1.46m					5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.36m				5:59PM1.34m
Low Tide				10:12AM0.12m				10:41PM0.05m				10:56AM0.19m					11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	17	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	18	17	18	17	18	18	19	18	18	18
Feels °C	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	13	11	13	12	14	13	15	13	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 13	SW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	SW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 12
kJ	145	134	102	147	196	700	1631	2986	2767	2729	2413	2582	2060	1830	1942	1256	1022	864	769	415	764	861	1071	1000
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 9	W 9	W 9	W 9	SW 19	SW 18	WSW 12	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 12	SW 16	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	WSW 15	SW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 11
kJ	83	60	57	40	441	1019	703	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	67	6	6	6	91	292	190	149	135	85
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	WSW 13	NW 13	NW 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 11	W 12	—	NW 12	WSW 15	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	16	15	15	15	106	7	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	12	3	—	6	279	6	6	54	55
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 4	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	ESE 8	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	28	19	42	35	59	61	58	43	37	33	6	59	70	77	61	59	49	40	46	49
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	3	3	3	0	0	411	349	47	24	24	3	162	411	411	79	27
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4				3	3	3					3
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	6	5	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	7	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	9	4	9	6

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