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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 11 Mar 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 9AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
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)
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)151514141313131613121212121312121212121918171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)209209206181176212246242386380324272295273416205195314293319582106911991811
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
1.30
8:43PM
1.20
9:16AM
1.20
11:27PM
1.21
11:49AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.87
2:11PM
0.87
2:50AM
0.98
4:30PM
0.90
5:43AM
0.95
6:12PM
0.82
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise---6:41-------6:41-------6:43----
Sunset------7:09-------7:08-------7:07-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C333132303534293032323028293029252524222225272522
Feels °C (?)322930303332282930312927282827242424222224252321
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