Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.0°C
1.8° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 23). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (23 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (23 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Wed night, calm by Thu morning).

Wed
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
11
1
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
10
1.7
SSE
6
1.5
SE
6
1.5
SSE
7
0.9
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.5
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
254
216
187
157
231
172
205
379
806
1145
1422
1235
1180
1028
964
850
822
747
734
614
636
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
15
S
25
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
0
NNW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
E
10
W
5
NNW
15
W
5
NE
5
S
10
ESE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
glassy
cross
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:32PM1.34m
1:44AM1.33m
2:00PM1.47m
2:15AM1.42m
2:29PM1.57m
Low Tide
7:46PM0.30m
7:51AM0.23m
8:15PM0.19m
8:20AM0.15m
8:44PM0.08m
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:43
6:44
6:44
 mm
Temp °C
15
16
17
17
18
18
18
17
18
18
19
21
21
20
18
17
17
19
18
19
19
Feels °C
15
15
14
13
16
17
19
17
20
18
18
21
23
22
18
19
16
20
18
19
18
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