Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
13.8°C
1.9° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11PM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (06 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
16
2
SW
16
2
SW
15
2
SW
15
2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
13
2
SW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
0.6
WSW
15
0.9
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2269
1904
1692
1647
1624
1665
1549
1360
1339
837
596
534
587
734
294
145
137
148
172
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
SSW
15
SE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
SE
0
ENE
5
SSE
5
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
on
on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:04AM1.20m
12:47PM1.27m
1:06AM1.32m
1:35PM1.43m
Low Tide
5:54PM0.50m
6:32AM0.36m
7:02PM0.35m
7:23AM0.23m
7:50PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:31
6:31
 mm
Temp °C
23
22
21
21
20
21
22
23
23
20
22
22
21
20
20
21
22
18
19
Feels °C
20
18
18
19
19
20
20
21
21
18
19
20
20
20
19
20
19
16
17
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