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Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 07 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
20.4° 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 4AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (07 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (07 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
2.3
SSW
1.6
SW
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.4
SSE
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111010101010101010101077777779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303338332476453453391384330328251396543517939428505555490417342288165125
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
1.39
6:42PM
1.18
6:59AM
1.27
7:20PM
1.07
7:38AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:09AM
0.28
12:44PM
0.35
12:39AM
0.40
1:19PM
0.46
1:12AM
0.52
2:05PM
0.56
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:15----
Sunset------7:46-------7:45-------7:45-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202020202020202020212221212120202021212120
Feels °C (?)181920201918181918181816171615151515141516161615
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