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Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 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
14.5° C
 (Which is 3.3°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 6PM is: 1.0m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 19). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (19 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (19 Nov)5ft (1.6m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
1.8
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131318171615151615181515151514141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4805916161339151917532593276828512024270836783444337730672573207316681514127912591003785700
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
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		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
1.44
3:01AM
1.38
3:05PM
1.44
3:31AM
1.38
3:36PM
1.41
4:03AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
0.29
8:53PM
0.15
9:02AM
0.27
9:22PM
0.16
9:33AM
0.28
9:52PM
0.18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:31-------5:31
Sunset--7:30-------7:31-------7:32-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918171716161718191918181818181919181818171718
Feels °C (?)131311101010101112131312121212121212101011101113
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