Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 11 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313161212131313121212121319181716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2031792152502462862803804233423152614162122054033043517519321811247222001847
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
W
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
S
5
S
15
SSW
10
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
1.02
8:40PM
0.90
9:31AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
11:50AM
0.99
12:44AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
0.64
2:28AM
0.73
4:56PM
0.66
5:55AM
0.70
6:29PM
0.56
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset----7:09-------7:08-------7:07---
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C313132332831333230292629262324232222232322212020
Feels °C (?)293031322830313129292428242223222222222221201818
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