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Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 22 Aug 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Long Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Aug) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (22 Aug) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (22 Aug) | 11ft (3.5m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Long Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 1802 | 2009 | 2454 | 4086 | 2591 | 3308 | 4721 | 6250 | 17653 | 12035 | 13155 | 12368 | 11437 | 10108 | 8876 | 7394 | 6197 | 5327 | 4445 | 3876 | 3409 | 2884 | 2536 | 2044 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:02PM 1.53 | 3:14AM 1.47 | 3:35PM 1.58 | 3:47AM 1.49 | 4:05PM 1.60 | 4:18AM 1.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:52AM 0.12 | 9:15PM 0.14 | 9:24AM 0.08 | 9:48PM 0.10 | 9:54AM 0.07 | 10:19PM 0.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 |
| Sunset | - | - | 6:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
The wind is still cross-off at Long Beach (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop 3 km from Long Beach). 3.3m 10s swell from the WSW with a 2.5m 10s swell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 h 59 min ago
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