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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 21 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
13.3° C
(Which is 4.6°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 2PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)8ft (2.4m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (21 Nov)6ft (1.8m)13s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131212121212777111112121116161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2606242718301561131911201006944712646531531553665537471471488573106469175713561288
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
1.62
3:38PM
1.66
4:09AM
1.60
4:08PM
1.62
4:40AM
1.57
4:39PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
0.56
9:51PM
0.42
10:01AM
0.59
10:20PM
0.45
10:34AM
0.63
10:52PM
0.50
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:30------
Sunset----7:32-------7:34-------7:35---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171821212018181717192423211919181919212120181717
Feels °C (?)131317161413141415172219161314141413141515131214
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