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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
13.5° C
(Which is 4.5°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 5AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (26 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (26 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
4
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SSE
2.2
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.5
SE
1.4
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.1
NW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131212121111111189889988888510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17851998145213061100869711595524466399416741119712721022669925256147119645747
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.47
6:54PM
1.35
7:41AM
1.44
8:08PM
1.30
8:53AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
0.63
12:54PM
0.77
1:06AM
0.70
2:11PM
0.78
2:19AM
0.74
3:36PM
0.74
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise---5:28-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------7:37-------7:37-------7:38-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918192122211920191920242625222120202123211919
Feels °C (?)181716161819171518171818212119192020212222191821
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