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Baboon Point surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa
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Baboon Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Baboon Point sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Baboon Point today?
The current surf forecast for Baboon Point at 11PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (27 Apr) | 7ft (2.1m) | 11s |
| Evening (27 Apr) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Baboon Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SW by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thu 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 13 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | |
878 | 687 | 533 | 415 | 328 | 258 | 249 | 244 | 180 | 341 | 122 | 192 | 136 | 115 | 94 | 94 | 60 | 71 | 78 | 108 | 99 | 179 | 250 | 200 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | |
High Tide | 1:10AM1.55m | 1:39PM1.46m | 1:45AM1.61m | 2:12PM1.52m | 2:17AM1.64m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:05PM0.37m | 7:37AM0.23m | 7:43PM0.31m | 8:10AM0.17m | 8:16PM0.27m | 8:39AM0.13m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | |
6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:08 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 19 |
11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 14 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 16 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 15 | SW 12 |
878 | 687 | 533 | 415 | 328 | 258 | 249 | 244 | 180 | 11 | 122 | 192 | 136 | 115 | 94 | 94 | 60 | 59 | 78 | 82 | 48 | 179 | 57 | 200 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 11 | W 12 | W 12 | W 12 | — | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 10 | SW 17 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | W 20 | WSW 15 |
2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 52 | 51 | 71 | 44 | 11 | 46 | 69 | 7 | 22 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 14 | SW 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 17 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | — | W 19 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 26 | 10 | — | 7 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | S 2 | — | SW 3 | SW 10 | SSW 6 | SE 3 | — | — | — | — | SW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | S 3 | SW 11 | SW 4 |
— | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 341 | 62 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 29 | 27 | 108 | 99 | 3 | 250 | 20 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 55 | 55 | 52 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 456 | 55 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 154 | 200 | 200 |
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