Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
19.2° 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 11AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)91414141413131313121212121413131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)230459513541579778683821932111211671486122521711659170315691188895869869661661675
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
S
10
ESE
15
SE
5
SSE
10
N
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.48
3:18AM
1.61
3:38PM
1.49
3:46AM
1.59
4:06PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
9:36AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.12
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.16
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58-------7:00------
Sunset----6:42-------6:40-------6:38---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C201921212020201921202121212222222121212020191818
Feels °C (?)201820181615171721202221212221232121212020191818
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