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Baboon Point surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 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
17.4° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 8AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111112121111111111111010101010106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)288329411329329329329335433464792930981130212981010804603412298255250602292
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
20
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
S
0
SE
15
W
25
WSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
1.15
12:38PM
1.25
1:25AM
1.24
1:28PM
1.32
2:05AM
1.33
2:09PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
0.64
7:19PM
0.47
7:35AM
0.56
7:59PM
0.38
8:14AM
0.47
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:52-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset------7:57-------7:55-------7:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818192221212020191919212221191817161719212118
Feels °C (?)161617181918192021181615171614131415151717181512
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