Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Baggies today (21 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Baggies at 7PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Baggies. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SSW 11 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 6 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 14 | S 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 113 | 108 | 106 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 115 | 451 | 386 | 284 | 209 | 268 | 309 | 472 | 200 | 575 | 683 | 701 | 513 | 377 | 1021 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 1:03PM1.32m | 1:15AM1.31m | 1:35PM1.50m | 1:49AM1.46m | 2:05PM1.67m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:14PM0.55m | 7:16AM0.44m | 7:46PM0.38m | 7:49AM0.30m | 8:17PM0.22m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | |  |  | | | | |  | |  | | | |  | | | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
Feels °C | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | ENE 7 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SSW 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 14 | S 9 | S 13 |
| kJ | 113 | 45 | 106 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 451 | 386 | 284 | 209 | 74 | 57 | 43 | 44 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 98 | 268 | 1021 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | SSE 9 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 8 | SSW 14 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SE 10 | S 14 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 45 | 108 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 21 | 115 | 84 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 33 | 377 | 35 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 9 | S 8 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | N 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 8 | SE 10 | ENE 8 |
| kJ | 27 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 13 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 3 | S 3 | S 3 | S 4 | — | — | ESE 4 | — | SSE 3 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 6 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 268 | 309 | 472 | 200 | 575 | 683 | 701 | 513 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 29 | 695 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 695 | 695 | 29 | 29 | 111 | 185 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 1194 | 1188 | 24 | 27 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Baggies 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