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Baileys Cottage Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 20 Dec 2025 SAST
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Today's Baileys Cottage Reef sea temperature is
18.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)
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How big are the waves at Baileys Cottage Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Baileys Cottage Reef at 8AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (20 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (20 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
2.1
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.8
SE
1.3
SE
0.8
SW
1.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121212141414141313121212778777116666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)488617702797111111261095743689594435361337416640574456331169140193232160142
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
10
ESE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		ononononononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
1.35
3:27PM
1.39
3:57AM
1.37
4:01PM
1.39
4:31AM
1.39
4:35PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13PM
0.20
9:26AM
0.31
9:46PM
0.18
10:00AM
0.30
10:17PM
0.18
10:34AM
0.31
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise---5:30-------5:30-------5:31----
Sunset------7:55-------7:55-------7:57-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818182222212121201920242524242121202223232221
Feels °C (?)121314131716141516161617212019201719192322211918
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