Long Beach Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.13° S 18.33° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 16 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 16.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 2.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Evening (16 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

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	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1778	1569	1154	960	805	666	596	627	612	773	830	784	700	576	363	314	643	788	757	736	518	495	488	480
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:59PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27				1:32PM 1.40					2:01AM 1.32				2:03PM 1.43				2:31AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)				7:26PM 0.25				7:28AM 0.35				7:56PM 0.20					8:01AM 0.31				8:24PM 0.17

	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	19	20	18	19	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17
Feels °C (?)	10	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	13	13	10	12	10	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	11

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