Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
14.5° C
(Which is 3.5°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 6PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (23 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
2
SSW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121611161615151514141314131313131212161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6386611045929167222261641157615121956121812559321083976865841813109617122590205015411387
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.32
5:12AM
1.28
5:16PM
1.25
5:52AM
1.23
5:56PM
1.18
6:41AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.36
10:56PM
0.27
11:12AM
0.41
11:31PM
0.33
11:54AM
0.47
12:12AM
0.38
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-------5:30-------5:28-------5:28
Sunset--7:35-------7:36-------7:37-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919181818171719191817171716182225232019181819
Feels °C (?)121213121314131315141211111211151923201715141415
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