Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.1°C
1.6° 

Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Long Beach today (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (01 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (01 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Wed night, near gales from the SSE by Thu afternoon).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.4
WSW
13
2.3
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
3.5
S
9
4
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
3
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3112
3415
3905
4292
4356
4247
4111
3845
3471
3000
2837
2528
1939
1700
1481
1227
1797
2459
1588
1622
1247
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
ENE
20
SE
55
SSE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:38PM1.52m
6:01AM1.31m
6:18PM1.41m
6:48AM1.20m
7:10PM1.28m
Low Tide
11:21AM0.18m
11:55PM0.19m
11:59AM0.28m
00:39AM0.30m
12:46PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:28
6:28
6:29
 mm
3
2
2
Temp °C
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
14
13
13
14
13
14
15
14
Feels °C
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
14
14
14
14
13
10
11
10
3
4
5
4
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