Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.4°C
1.3° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 1.8m 21s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 3.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)8ft (2.4m)18s
Afternoon (06 Sep)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (06 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the ESE on Sat night, light winds from the ENE by Sun night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
1.4
SW
22
1.9
SW
20
2.3
SW
19
2.4
SW
18
2.5
SW
18
2.2
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2
SW
16
2
SW
15
2
SW
15
2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
13
2
SW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1314
1285
1847
3008
3778
3672
3681
2506
2269
1904
1692
1647
1624
1665
1549
1360
1339
837
596
Wind (km/h)
55
SE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:28PM1.12m
11:38AM1.11m
00:04AM1.20m
12:47PM1.27m
Low Tide
3:57PM0.59m
5:14AM0.48m
5:54PM0.50m
6:32AM0.36m
7:02PM0.35m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
6:31
 mm
Temp °C
17
15
14
14
14
14
16
21
23
22
21
21
20
21
22
24
23
21
23
Feels °C
6
5
5
5
7
8
12
18
20
19
18
19
19
19
20
22
20
19
20
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