Big Bay surf break

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 11 Nov 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Big Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Big Bay sea temperature is
12.1° C
(Which is 5.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Big Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 4PM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Nov)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (11 Nov)8ft (2.5m)15s

Table - waves today at Big Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141313131312121212131212121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161123252655269926262212191313461326117099684385094413362319214220441194773773686305216
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
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
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
1.07
9:09AM
1.17
9:53PM
1.03
10:33AM
1.20
11:16PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
0.50
2:33AM
0.49
3:50PM
0.52
4:04AM
0.52
5:14PM
0.46
5:18AM
0.49
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Sunrise-------5:37-------5:35-------5:35
Sunset--7:22-------7:22-------7:23-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222422191817171922222119181716172122211920181720
Feels °C (?)212219171717171919181818181614131718161617161618
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