Baboon Point Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Baboon Point surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 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 14.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Baboon Point today?

The current surf forecast for Baboon Point at 3PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (27 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (27 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	12s

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

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	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	1	3	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	337	274	246	290	346	334	480	459	467	602	778	927	1242	1576	1531	1592	1648	1976	1879	1982	1770	1506	1352	1187
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:32PM 1.58				5:49AM 1.40				6:01PM 1.46				6:21AM 1.29				6:33PM 1.34				6:58AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)		11:19AM 0.27				11:45PM 0.29				11:45AM 0.37				12:14AM 0.39				12:13PM 0.48				12:45AM 0.50

	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	19	19	15	14	13	13	13	15	19	20	16	14	13	13	12	15	17	16	15	14	13	13	13
Feels °C (?)	10	15	14	11	10	11	10	11	12	15	16	13	11	10	11	10	14	14	12	13	13	11	12	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Baboon Point (calm at Vredendal 76 km from Baboon Point). 0.9m 6s windswell from the SW with a 0.7m 10s swell, also from the SW and a 0.6m 13s groundswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 26 minutes ago Baboon Point

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