Baboon Point surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
4
3
0
0
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
SW
2.1
NW
2.1
WSW
3
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)111212121212111111131399610101111111212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103213321449160515531297954773627711630226122310750195526202618246025262563276424542098
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
ESE
10
NE
15
N
25
NNW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
N
30
N
45
NNW
45
NW
45
WNW
45
W
35
WSW
30
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
1.88
3:58PM
1.74
4:09AM
1.83
4:39PM
1.68
4:52AM
1.73
5:24PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
0.06
9:47AM
-0.08
9:59PM
0.07
10:27AM
-0.03
10:40PM
0.13
11:09AM
0.07
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---7:09-------7:09-------7:09----
Sunset------6:22-------6:21-------6:20-
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111----------121--------
Temp. °C151615151616161515141414151616151515151515161515
Feels °C (?)13141413131213141412108788779111211121113
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Baboon Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest