Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 07 Mar 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
19.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 07). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111121212121212121212121212121277711111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3308268623752360208117511562138412771022878816722680669585532604554462398379335288
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
1.34
5:43AM
1.40
6:00PM
1.23
6:11AM
1.27
6:31PM
1.12
6:43AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.27
11:57AM
0.30
11:58PM
0.38
12:25PM
0.41
12:26AM
0.50
1:00PM
0.53
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:41--
Sunset7:15-------7:14-------7:13-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716161515182322211918181922272424232222222728
Feels °C (?)988879131816141313141619231919181818202526
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