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Big Bay surf break

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 28 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
12.3° C
(Which is 5.2°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 6AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (28 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (28 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111016161413121212121212121313121212121212121212121212111111111111111111111111111110101010101010101013131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)32826525624717617315317321654659874411771278152019782574320730603422257417971450117711971665244936123697349231692673251522531915169517881888189918991715148812601100954837793735622492443370363296245245204282352494
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
0
NE
0
ENE
5
SE
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
S
0
SSE
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SE
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
1.75
3:44PM
1.60
3:56AM
1.70
4:27PM
1.55
4:40AM
1.60
5:11PM
1.46
5:26AM
1.45
6:00PM
1.35
6:18AM
1.29
6:58PM
1.23
7:22AM
1.13
8:14PM
1.14
8:50AM
1.03
9:47PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04PM
0.03
9:35AM
-0.12
9:46PM
0.04
10:16AM
-0.06
10:30PM
0.10
10:59AM
0.05
11:17PM
0.20
11:45AM
0.19
12:09AM
0.33
12:37PM
0.33
1:13AM
0.46
1:42PM
0.46
2:43AM
0.55
3:11PM
0.53
4:29AM
0.55
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Sunrise---7:16-------7:18-------7:18-------7:20-------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22
Sunset------6:08-------6:07-------6:07-------6:06-------6:05-------6:04-------6:02-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222119181818171514141415171717161615151515161515141414141414131313121111131514141414141314151513121211111417161515151617
Feels °C (?)20191816161717161515151615131312131111111111101212111110988101110991011910910108999899881114131212121314
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