Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.7° C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Long Beach today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jul)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (16 Jul)7ft (2.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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)
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
14
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.4
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2.1
SW
11
1.9
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.7
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.5
SW
10
1.4
SW
10
1.4
SW
10
1.5
SW
9
1.6
SW
9
1.1
SW
13
1.2
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3216
2959
2494
1942
1645
1415
1358
1313
1187
981
835
759
576
509
416
369
357
390
456
386
444
748
546
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
ENE
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
W
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:55PM1.62m
5:11AM1.48m
5:37PM1.59m
5:54AM1.39m
6:19PM1.52m
Low Tide
10:40AM0.02m
11:11PM0.10m
11:20AM0.07m
11:55PM0.16m
12:00PM0.16m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:50
7:48
7:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:54
5:55
5:55
 mm
Temp °C
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
14
13
13
14
14
14
16
15
15
15
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
14
14
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Long Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest