Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
18.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)12111111111110108111113151616161515141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)603426479431423408288212270130320243676649110672111851068193427808679865056756666257925183
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
10
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
1.54
4:34PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.46
5:03PM
1.35
5:10AM
1.36
5:32PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
0.16
10:29AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
11:02PM
0.30
11:23AM
0.28
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise---7:00-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:35-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181919191919181817181818181818181818181817
Feels °C (?)201919181817181918141413151414131314141314131211
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