Long Beach Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.13° S 18.33° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 09 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 15.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 09). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	13s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Evening (09 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Sunday 09							Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wed 12
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	769	778	755	600	591	535	461	915	933	814	643	593	511	492	817	983	1351	2372	1762	2396	2427	2881	2408	2169
Wind (km/h)	E	NNE	WSW	WSW	S	SE	ENE	N	N	NNW	NNW	WNW	WSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						5:52PM 1.35				6:30AM 1.29				6:53PM 1.19				7:41AM 1.20					8:14PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)				11:43AM 0.28				12:10AM 0.27				12:45PM 0.41				1:12AM 0.40					2:08PM 0.50

	Sunday 09							Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wed 12
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	20	21	23	22	19	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	17
Feels °C (?)	21	21	22	20	20	23	22	18	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	17	17	15	14	13	14	14

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