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Baileys Cottage Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 29 Apr 2025 SAST
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Today's Baileys Cottage Reef sea temperature is
13.4° C
(Which is 4.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Baileys Cottage Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Baileys Cottage Reef at 9AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (29 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (29 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Baileys Cottage Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.9
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141312121212121212111112121212111212121212121212111111111111111111111111111112121111111110101413131313121212131313121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)667282580666711869939125010409249409748975004298981973161018521903157313961301114210451008876926884900828800657561485423366356404404314291238233184173186261331424411392373416418376405353255398
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
N
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
S
15
SSE
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
ononglassonglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
1.54
4:40AM
1.60
5:11PM
1.46
5:26AM
1.45
5:59PM
1.34
6:17AM
1.29
6:57PM
1.23
7:20AM
1.13
8:13PM
1.14
8:48AM
1.03
9:47PM
1.12
10:29AM
1.01
11:08PM
1.17
11:44AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
-0.05
10:30PM
0.10
11:00AM
0.05
11:16PM
0.20
11:45AM
0.19
12:08AM
0.33
12:37PM
0.33
1:12AM
0.46
1:42PM
0.46
2:42AM
0.55
3:10PM
0.54
4:28AM
0.56
4:41PM
0.54
5:45AM
0.49
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24--
Sunset----6:07-------6:06-------6:05-------6:04-------6:02-------6:01-------6:00-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717171716161515161516161515151515151514141414141415151514131312121316171717161616182018171817171719211817171616161717
Feels °C (?)161815131312111010131011121111111010101091010999101010889891013131414141313151715141514141416171515151414141514
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