Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.4°C
1.4° 

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 (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (24 Sep)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (24 Sep)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu night, min 14°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SSE by Sun morning).

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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)
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
14
2
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.1
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
2.2
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.3
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
806
1145
1422
1349
1180
1028
964
850
822
747
734
614
666
643
954
2237
2469
2278
2232
1977
1850
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
SW
15
SSW
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:00PM1.47m
2:15AM1.42m
2:29PM1.57m
2:46AM1.50m
2:58PM1.65m
Low Tide
8:15PM0.19m
8:20AM0.15m
8:44PM0.08m
8:49AM0.09m
9:14PM0.01m
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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cloud
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:44
6:44
6:45
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
18
16
15
15
15
16
16
17
18
17
17
16
16
16
17
16
16
15
Feels °C
16
16
16
20
16
16
16
15
15
15
18
18
16
15
14
14
13
14
12
12
10
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