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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 18 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
15.3° 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 1PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (18 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
0
1
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.8
SSE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131214131312121212121211777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17791527126616321783976905809865825799811780746799773634561494383357340507456
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
crossoncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
1.86
4:09PM
1.79
4:25AM
1.90
4:41PM
1.79
4:58AM
1.91
5:16PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.34
10:12PM
0.31
10:37AM
0.31
10:43PM
0.31
11:11AM
0.32
11:17PM
0.35
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-6:22-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset----7:36-------7:35-------7:34---
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. °C191921222321201919202223212020201920232525242221
Feels °C (?)211921212119171617192120171618201920232424242221
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