Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
15.3° C
0.3° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (22 Jul)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (22 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue night, min 11°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the N by Thu morning).

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
4
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
2.5
SW
13
2.3
SW
12
2.3
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
1.7
WSW
12
1.8
WSW
12
1.9
WSW
12
2.1
SW
11
2.1
SW
11
2.1
SW
11
2.3
SW
11
3.5
SW
18
4.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2802
2436
2114
1908
1550
1500
1404
1381
1209
1200
893
920
964
999
1034
972
1350
8321
9588
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
0
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
30
N
40
N
40
N
15
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
20
ESE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:36PM1.19m
9:20AM1.00m
9:43PM1.11m
10:47AM0.97m
Low Tide
2:08PM0.51m
3:14AM0.51m
3:12PM0.60m
4:33AM0.55m
4:46PM0.64m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:47
7:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
6:00
 mm
2
3
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
13
12
11
12
13
13
14
14
Feels °C
13
12
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
8
6
3
5
11
13
13
11
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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