Baggies Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.07° S 30.88° E

Baggies 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Baggies sea temperature is
21.3° C
0.1° 

Baggies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Baggies today (18 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 5PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (18 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (18 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
1
E
9
1
E
9
1
E
9
1
E
9
0.9
E
9
1
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
13
1.6
ENE
6
0.9
SSW
15
2.1
SSW
7
2.2
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.7
S
8
1.8
SSW
8
1.3
S
8
0.7
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
246
202
164
162
159
159
126
148
117
121
116
101
186
322
384
659
500
382
459
208
266
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
SW
5
N
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
N
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
WSW
5
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:58PM1.52m
7:04AM1.35m
7:26PM1.36m
7:34AM1.20m
8:02PM1.20m
Low Tide
12:41PM0.28m
1:06AM0.43m
1:10PM0.44m
1:38AM0.57m
1:43PM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:32
5:34
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
20
20
19
20
19
19
19
19
21
22
21
20
21
18
17
18
19
19
19
18
17
Feels °C
17
17
17
20
20
21
20
20
19
19
19
20
20
12
11
13
15
15
17
18
17
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