Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.2°C
1.5° 

Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Long Beach today (31 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (31 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (31 Aug)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, strong winds from the SSE by Thu morning).

Mon
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
WSW
11
1.9
SW
11
2.1
SW
11
1.8
SW
12
2
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1045
911
1008
892
901
1562
2132
2699
3112
3415
4063
4292
4356
4247
4207
3992
3471
3122
2795
2490
2207
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
SE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:03PM1.59m
5:22AM1.41m
5:38PM1.52m
6:01AM1.31m
6:18PM1.41m
Low Tide
10:48AM0.11m
11:18PM0.11m
11:21AM0.18m
11:55PM0.19m
11:59AM0.28m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:05
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:27
6:28
6:28
 mm
Temp °C
12
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
13
14
14
14
15
14
14
14
15
16
15
15
15
Feels °C
8
9
9
11
11
10
11
11
12
11
12
11
14
13
13
13
14
13
13
14
14
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