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Big Bay surf break

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 07 Apr 2025 SAST
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Big Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Big Bay sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Big Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 8AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

Table - waves today at Big Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
SW
1
WSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131312121212121313131313131212121212121112121212121211111414131313121313131212121212121212121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)14471285898947846690623527392386379291300320325320369363352292367396442435285270427294292347399392313307106110681110111710669961012102810281221109811321450163218401539151912311090107266914551079910790372
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
0
NW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglassglassglassononglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:59PM
1.14
12:28PM
1.11
12:52AM
1.25
1:14PM
1.21
1:28AM
1.35
1:48PM
1.29
1:58AM
1.43
2:17PM
1.36
2:25AM
1.50
2:44PM
1.41
2:51AM
1.53
3:11PM
1.44
3:18AM
1.54
3:38PM
1.45
3:44AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
0.49
6:39PM
0.44
7:14AM
0.38
7:20PM
0.35
7:48AM
0.28
7:52PM
0.28
8:17AM
0.20
8:20PM
0.23
8:44AM
0.14
8:47PM
0.19
9:09AM
0.10
9:13PM
0.18
9:34AM
0.09
9:39PM
0.19
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Sunrise---7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07
Sunset------6:34-------6:31-------6:30-------6:30-------6:28-------6:27-------6:25-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282322182121191817181717171718181717171719191919191818182123232020191918202220181716161620232221201818172021211918181717
Feels °C (?)262322182121202019211919181719191817181820191919191918182122211920192019202118161514141418201920191818172020191818181717
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