Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 30 Mar 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
18.7° 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 11AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
1.5
SSE
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1210101010911119914101010109914141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29424722515414836014016312311812380241299287299230466513549579570683744
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NW
10
W
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.54
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset----6:45-------6:43-------6:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818191918181818181920202019192020202020191919
Feels °C (?)161615161513131516171919192019191919181717151516
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