Baileys Cottage Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 04 Jul 2025 SAST
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Today's Baileys Cottage Reef sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Baileys Cottage Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Baileys Cottage Reef at 11PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)--
Afternoon (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (04 Jul)8ft (2.5m)12s

Table - waves today at Baileys Cottage Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sat
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
2.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212131415151515141414131313121212121212111313141414151414141414141312111213141313131312121212141515151515151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)57119382475263034544676455340463686751768265098442364444299368734601880177918602006158123871883210024022117149312961248169515559248096596857728781265166216742187186816691570146614271666249695794891560156675360492343313788339031813154
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
15
SW
15
W
15
W
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
N
10
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
40
W
40
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscrossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
1.14
11:36AM
1.02
11:43PM
1.15
12:36PM
1.07
12:40AM
1.19
1:25PM
1.14
1:28AM
1.25
2:07PM
1.22
2:10AM
1.31
2:45PM
1.29
2:49AM
1.37
3:21PM
1.36
3:26AM
1.41
3:57PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15PM
0.60
5:26AM
0.51
5:30PM
0.60
6:25AM
0.46
6:34PM
0.55
7:15AM
0.40
7:25PM
0.49
7:57AM
0.33
8:09PM
0.42
8:35AM
0.26
8:48PM
0.36
9:10AM
0.20
9:25PM
0.30
9:44AM
0.15
10:02PM
0.26
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sat
12
Sunrise-----7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50------
Sunset5:47-------5:49-------5:49-------5:50-------5:50-------5:51-------5:51-------5:52---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141515141414151514151514141313141414141314131314141413121111121515151615151414151515141313131315141312111111111213121212
Feels °C (?)91211101110111088878878889101210111212131210999131313131011111111121211101211986545788910101010
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