Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Big Bay today (23 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 11PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Aug) | 7ft (2.2m) | 13s |
| Evening (23 Aug) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Big Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | |||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1532 | 1323 | 933 | 1236 | 1119 | 905 | 974 | 686 | 376 | 459 | 668 | 1187 | 2350 | 2557 | 1949 | 1977 | 1662 | 1465 | 1465 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 1:01AM1.13m | 1:36PM1.19m | 1:40AM1.24m | 2:08PM1.31m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:07PM0.56m | 7:27AM0.41m | 7:45PM0.45m | 7:59AM0.30m | 8:17PM0.34m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
Feels °C | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
| kJ | 1532 | 1323 | 933 | 1236 | 1119 | 905 | 974 | 686 | 376 | 356 | 668 | 1187 | 2350 | 2557 | 1949 | 1977 | 1662 | 1465 | 1465 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | — | — | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 11 | W 11 | W 11 | — | — | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 |
| kJ | — | 251 | 260 | — | — | 45 | 70 | 123 | 270 | 234 | 255 | 249 | 116 | 86 | — | — | 148 | 54 | 103 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 14 | SW 14 | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 203 | 459 | 242 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | S 4 | SSE 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 10 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 18 | 27 | 43 | 86 | 108 | 469 | 54 | 117 | 149 | 154 | 243 | 225 | 155 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 456 | 400 | 0 | 0 |
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