Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Apr 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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9AM is: 4.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)15ft (4.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
3
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111212141414141413131313131212121213141516161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6035595658628571815678276994590851404445356033053440468243464109446262088351105021149411184108759925
Wind
(km/h)
50
W
45
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.59
5:20PM
1.44
5:36AM
1.46
6:10PM
1.33
6:30AM
1.30
7:14PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
11:24PM
0.21
11:56AM
0.20
12:17AM
0.34
12:52PM
0.34
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---7:11-------7:13-------7:13----
Sunset------6:17-------6:15-------6:15-
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111--1-1-111141---------
Temp. °C151515161616161616161616161717171717171617161616
Feels °C (?)457910109101011111111131111121111910988
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