Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.2°C
1.5° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (02 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed night, gales from the SE by Fri afternoon).

Wed
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.3
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
3.5
S
9
3.5
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3
SE
8
3
SE
8
3
SSE
8
3
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2723
2528
2310
1700
1301
1116
853
1979
1757
1534
1664
2041
1890
1003
1003
1303
1334
1427
1422
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
SE
20
SSE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
SE
60
SE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
60
SE
50
SE
55
SE
60
SE
65
SE
60
ESE
60
ESE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
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
6:18PM1.41m
6:48AM1.20m
7:10PM1.28m
7:55AM1.08m
8:30PM1.15m
Low Tide
00:39AM0.30m
12:46PM0.40m
1:38AM0.42m
1:54PM0.53m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:28
6:29
6:30
 mm
1
Temp °C
15
14
14
14
13
13
14
14
15
15
14
14
13
13
14
15
14
13
13
Feels °C
13
12
11
12
12
11
11
3
5
4
3
3
1
3
3
3
1
1
2
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