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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 08 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
18.5° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 5AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (08 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (08 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
2.2
S
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101010101077888977776111110101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341256251284396311377440444636607428282253226326250219379372327245280309
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
45
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
1.54
7:28PM
1.35
7:51AM
1.42
8:22PM
1.24
8:50AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
0.65
1:26PM
0.72
1:21AM
0.77
2:16PM
0.82
2:14AM
0.88
3:42PM
0.88
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---6:13-------6:15-------6:16----
Sunset------7:45-------7:45-------7:44-
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C191920202323232322212020222222212121212124242422
Feels °C (?)181618182119171918191717211919181819192024222320
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