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Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
19.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9AM is: 2.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (20 Jan)10ft (3.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SSE
3
SE
3
SE
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1110107777713131212121212121212131313151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4414084265014766177808418167917307066946255515704486577348281077182126343348
Wind
(km/h)
45
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
35
SE
45
SE
55
SE
50
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
45
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
1.50
4:23PM
1.45
4:49AM
1.53
4:56PM
1.44
5:21AM
1.54
5:31PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.10
10:24AM
0.21
10:33PM
0.09
10:57AM
0.19
11:04PM
0.10
11:31AM
0.19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---5:54-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset------7:59-------7:59-------7:58-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918182121212119181818212020202019191919202018
Feels °C (?)111311111513121212121413161413131414151616181614
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