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Long Beach surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 04 May 2024 SAST
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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 12.9°C (Statistics for 04 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.6 °C max: 18.9 °C min: 16.4 °C)
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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 12.9°C (Statistics for 04 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.6 °C max: 18.9 °C min: 16.4 °C)


How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 May)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 May)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (04 May)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.9
W
1.8
WSW
2.3
W
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.2
WSW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111212121112111111111111101010101414141413131313131312121212121212121313131212121212121313131414151414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)771752895997670103199498810059118785317746251026175451526555755170225688509153854584391934952861264023221810167213881342123012231475156923672367250624662367223123402995375345625682622858755381500945694156365932083160311330322986
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
30
N
35
N
35
N
40
N
40
N
40
N
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
W
10
W
10
SSW
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
N
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
25
N
15
NNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
ononononononononononononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
1.40
12:37PM
1.31
12:53AM
1.54
1:26PM
1.42
1:37AM
1.64
2:09PM
1.50
2:19AM
1.69
2:51PM
1.54
3:00AM
1.69
3:31PM
1.54
3:41AM
1.63
4:11PM
1.50
4:22AM
1.54
4:51PM
1.43
5:02AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.24
6:39PM
0.26
7:19AM
0.10
7:26PM
0.17
8:02AM
-0.01
8:10PM
0.11
8:43AM
-0.06
8:52PM
0.08
9:23AM
-0.05
9:33PM
0.10
10:01AM
0.00
10:14PM
0.15
10:40AM
0.09
10:56PM
0.24
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28
Sunset------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------5:59-------5:58-------5:57-------5:55-----
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Rain (mm)
---21---------------1------1112--------------------------121
Temp. °C181817171717171615151414151616151514141415161616161616161618171718171616151515141514141415161515141415141516161515151515
Feels °C (?)17161515141416141312101010101211108768111214141414141417161617151413121111101212111213141314131414121213141212121415

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