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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 03 Dec 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.9°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 12PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (03 Dec)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (03 Dec)7ft (2.2m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
2.1
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
1
WSW
1.5
SSE
1.7
SE
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.9
WSW
1.1
S
0.8
WSW
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)12121212777118711118999911101010666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)433343349309407637319247257293180180245251215215177146157228124233144272
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
1.87
2:26AM
1.75
2:38PM
1.89
3:12AM
1.80
3:25PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
0.43
8:15PM
0.26
8:27AM
0.38
8:59PM
0.23
9:15AM
0.36
9:43PM
0.24
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise-5:28-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----7:44-------7:44-------7:45---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181923242221191817202424211918181819212119181818
Feels °C (?)161721201716161616192221171615151516181714141413
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