Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
15.5°C
0.9° 

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 (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 12PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.9m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (16 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (16 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SW
13
1.7
SW
13
1.9
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.8
W
11
1.7
W
11
1.4
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.8
SW
12
2.3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
3
SW
12
3
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
3
SW
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1228
961
851
804
723
639
555
723
882
1751
2362
2290
2256
2219
1978
2815
2253
1929
2840
2617
2326
2536
2183
Wind (km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:03PM1.13m
6:41AM1.05m
6:53PM1.02m
8:02AM0.98m
8:32PM0.94m
Low Tide
11:53AM0.50m
00:19AM0.50m
12:40PM0.61m
1:17AM0.59m
2:14PM0.70m
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cloud
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cloud
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part cloud
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Temp °C
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
Feels °C
11
12
14
14
15
15
15
14
16
12
11
9
7
7
7
7
6
6
7
7
7
8
8
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