Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.33° S 18.32° E

Baboon Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Baboon Point sea temperature is
16.2°C
0.5° 

Baboon Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Baboon Point today (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Baboon Point at 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Baboon Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, strong winds from the S by Tue night).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
10
1.1
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
12
1.1
WSW
10
1.1
WSW
11
1.1
WSW
11
0.9
SW
12
0.9
WSW
11
1.2
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
0.9
WSW
12
1.1
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
2
WSW
12
1.8
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
304
245
193
260
275
286
236
200
501
494
418
353
347
260
508
777
755
732
585
1109
1714
5076
5587
5087
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
NNE
15
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
20
SW
30
SSW
25
S
30
SW
35
SSW
40
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:54AM1.20m
10:38PM1.20m
11:27AM1.31m
11:59PM1.31m
12:27PM1.46m
Low Tide
3:15AM0.57m
4:26PM0.61m
5:09AM0.53m
5:58PM0.47m
6:17AM0.41m
6:53PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
18
18
20
25
26
27
23
21
20
20
21
21
19
18
16
15
14
14
14
16
17
17
14
12
Feels °C
16
15
17
23
24
21
17
17
16
18
20
18
15
14
16
15
13
11
9
11
10
9
5
6
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