Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
15.3° C
0.3° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)8ft (2.4m)14s
Afternoon (21 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (21 Jul)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon night, min 11°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the N by Thu morning).

Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
W
10
0.8
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
2.2
SSW
14
2.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.3
SW
12
2.3
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.7
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
176
125
334
382
665
2025
2725
3054
2802
2561
2114
1908
1643
1500
1404
1292
1125
1112
908
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
0
SE
0
E
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:44PM1.31m
8:13AM1.07m
8:36PM1.19m
9:20AM1.00m
9:43PM1.11m
Low Tide
2:13AM0.43m
2:08PM0.51m
3:14AM0.51m
3:12PM0.60m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:47
7:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:58
5:59
 mm
Temp °C
16
15
15
14
14
13
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
12
12
12
11
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
9
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