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Big Bay Surf Forecast
/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) / South Africa (272 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.79° S 18.46° E)

Big Bay Surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

3 h 5 min ago

How big are the waves at Big Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 6AM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (27 May) | 8ft (2.4m) | 13s |
Afternoon (27 May) | 7ft (2.2m) | 13s |
Evening (27 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Big Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Rating (10 max) |
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Swell Height Map |
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
Period(s) (?) |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() |
Energy (?) |
Wind (km/h) |
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
Low Tide / height (m) |
Summary |
Rain (mm) |
Temp. °C |
Chill °C (?) |
Sunrise |
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1:13AM 1.41 | 1:46PM 1.30 | 1:49AM 1.43 | 2:20PM 1.35 | 2:23AM 1.44 | 2:52PM 1.37 | 2:55AM 1.44 | 3:24PM 1.38 | 3:28AM 1.42 | 3:56PM 1.37 | 4:01AM 1.39 | 4:29PM 1.34 | 4:34AM 1.33 | 5:04PM 1.30 | 5:09AM 1.27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7:36AM 0.21 | 7:41PM 0.31 | 8:10AM 0.17 | 8:17PM 0.29 | 8:41AM 0.15 | 8:50PM 0.28 | 9:12AM 0.15 | 9:23PM 0.28 | 9:44AM 0.17 | 9:57PM 0.30 | 10:16AM 0.21 | 10:31PM 0.33 | 10:49AM 0.25 | 11:07PM 0.39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Beach Road which is 7 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Big Bay.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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