Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
15.9° C
(Which is 4.0°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 12AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (25 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.2
W
1.7
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)13121212121212117111312121213121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)527398324236232197132121130664214723351977216025352196201013471100817693771597551
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
1.05
9:15AM
1.13
10:38PM
1.02
11:17AM
1.12
12:22AM
1.13
12:43PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
0.45
2:35AM
0.56
4:07PM
0.52
4:52AM
0.59
6:02PM
0.46
6:36AM
0.48
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:31-------6:31--
Sunset7:29-------7:28-------7:27-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120191919202021191918181919191918181817171818
Feels °C (?)202019181817181820192018161616151515151514141515
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