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Bali Bay (Glen Reef) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 Feb 2026 SAST
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Bali Bay (Glen Reef) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bali Bay (Glen Reef) sea temperature is
17.0° C
 (Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bali Bay (Glen Reef) today?

The current surf forecast for Bali Bay (Glen Reef) at 12PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (12 Feb)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (12 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Bali Bay (Glen Reef). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
2
3
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)9910101313131312121212151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10811297143586623452345231030422281200418291444332630934505467151915396502947633136303227633513
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
1.31
1:18AM
1.35
1:19PM
1.40
1:57AM
1.47
2:00PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.93
6:52PM
0.77
7:17AM
0.83
7:37PM
0.67
7:58AM
0.72
8:11PM
0.56
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:20------
Sunset----7:42-------7:40-------7:39---
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clear
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819201918181818191920201919181717181920191716
Feels °C (?)13131516141313151616161615141413119101012111113
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