Baboon Point surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 SAST
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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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211111111111111111112121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5014375404883843256553032883294113293293293023353804647471035107213031197561
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
S
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
40
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
1.09
11:34AM
1.20
12:34AM
1.15
12:38PM
1.25
1:25AM
1.24
1:28PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:31AM
0.70
6:27PM
0.55
6:44AM
0.64
7:19PM
0.47
7:35AM
0.56
7:59PM
0.38
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:54----
Sunset------7:57-------7:57-------7:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717182123242119181718212121202019191719212018
Feels °C (?)171617191919181516171617191819212221161214161312
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