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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 05 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.5°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 8PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
4
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
0
0
0
2
!
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
WSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
WSW
1.2
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121111111011111111107910111111111111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101379281282175653446939641548763730249212552290308017331520294721281673277225132325
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
S
5
SSE
5
NW
10
N
15
N
20
N
30
NW
20
WNW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
1.75
4:56AM
1.84
5:10PM
1.69
5:24AM
1.76
5:39PM
1.61
5:52AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
0.34
10:41PM
0.36
11:05AM
0.39
11:08PM
0.43
11:32AM
0.47
11:34PM
0.52
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:39
Sunset--7:17-------7:16-------7:15-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11-----------
Temp. °C212021201919181819202019191716161717171615151514
Feels °C (?)201922212020181717171815141191010998891110
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