Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 01 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 7PM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)18ft (5.5m)14s
Afternoon (01 Mar)18ft (5.5m)15s
Evening (01 Mar)16ft (5.0m)15s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
SW
5.5
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)141515151514141414131313131212121212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115201217312506117049872853070426054486339123425287524801969153613161044807639634806901910800
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
1.44
2:44AM
1.55
3:00PM
1.50
3:18AM
1.63
3:33PM
1.53
3:49AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
0.20
8:34PM
0.11
8:59AM
0.10
9:08PM
0.05
9:33AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.03
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:35-------6:35
Sunset--7:22-------7:22-------7:21-----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C161717171617171717171717171616161717181818181818
Feels °C (?)91010121113131415131312131313131515151617171718
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