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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 19 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
16.9° C
(Which is 2.9°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 10PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
4
4
3
1
1
2
3
4
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.3
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212788888888881313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78074679977363456149438351638931056744635026921929149243511411395169178
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
0
ESE
5
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.79
4:58AM
1.91
5:16PM
1.76
5:34AM
1.87
5:53PM
1.68
6:12AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.31
11:11AM
0.32
11:17PM
0.35
11:47AM
0.38
11:52PM
0.43
12:28PM
0.47
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset7:35-------7:34-------7:32-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222020202020232626242221202124252625232119192122
Feels °C (?)191718192121232525232221212225252728252218182022
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