Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 Apr 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 6AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (05 Apr)16ft (5.0m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
S
2
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)81111141516161616151414141414131313121313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35816052346423169591090611474109669464780870087241761168375792495444184105167019011951259814401228
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
1.46
5:03PM
1.35
5:10AM
1.36
5:32PM
1.25
5:39AM
1.25
6:05PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
11:02PM
0.30
11:23AM
0.28
11:30PM
0.39
11:53AM
0.39
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:03----
Sunset------6:37-------6:35-------6:34-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181818181818171818181818171716161517202019
Feels °C (?)191414151514131213131414141313111110101013161514
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