Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 Feb 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
16.8° C
(Which is 3.1°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 2PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
2.4
SE
2.1
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)78888888881514141313131212121212121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)340657519210181235341291201160142226232362382364397390384414319314309597
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ESE
5
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
E
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
1.41
6:05AM
1.53
6:29PM
1.30
6:48AM
1.40
7:20PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
0.10
11:47PM
0.17
12:24PM
0.20
12:27AM
0.28
1:11PM
0.32
1:17AM
0.42
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:28------
Sunset----7:32-------7:31-------7:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212122232424232019192020202020191918192020202020
Feels °C (?)212224232423242118181919202122192018192020202121
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