Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
13.7°C
2.0° 

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 (22 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (22 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (22 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the SE by Wed night).

Tue
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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)
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
13
1.2
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.3
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
2.1
SE
6
2.3
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
0.9
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
431
423
367
486
384
414
332
254
254
216
187
310
480
371
341
366
914
1130
1422
1169
1180
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
15
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
15
SSE
30
SE
40
SE
30
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:03PM1.21m
1:11AM1.22m
1:32PM1.34m
1:44AM1.33m
2:00PM1.47m
Low Tide
7:17PM0.43m
7:23AM0.33m
7:46PM0.30m
7:51AM0.23m
8:15PM0.19m
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6:35
6:33
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6:42
6:43
6:44
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
24
23
20
19
18
17
15
15
16
17
17
17
17
19
18
19
20
22
23
22
23
Feels °C
23
23
21
20
19
18
14
15
17
16
13
11
13
17
16
18
20
22
22
21
23
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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