Baboon Point surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Baboon Point today?

The current surf forecast for Baboon Point at 9AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)15101091414141414131313121212121313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88139134123134164197189189225304346481573668751763812799700573443378319
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
SSE
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
1.75
3:10PM
1.64
3:19AM
1.76
3:40PM
1.64
3:48AM
1.74
4:08PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
0.15
9:08AM
0.06
9:14PM
0.13
9:37AM
0.05
9:42PM
0.14
10:04AM
0.07
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise---6:56-------6:58-------6:58----
Sunset------6:43-------6:40-------6:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------21-----
Temp. °C201717182326262224212122242829292524221920192119
Feels °C (?)201817162122222124212021242727282524231820202220
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