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Big Bay ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.9
Consistency of Surf: 3.8
Difficulty Level: 2.8

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Overall: 4.0

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Big Bay Surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 10 Jun 2023 SAST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s 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 14.6 °C (Statistics for 10 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 16.3 max: 17.9 min: 15.2 °C)
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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 14.6 °C (Statistics for 10 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 16.3 max: 17.9 min: 15.2 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Big Bay (calm at Robben Island 8 km from Big Bay).

    3 hours 3 minutes ago Big Bay
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3 h 3 min ago

Calm
4 km/h
NNE
Clean
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How big are the waves at Big Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 2PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jun)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (10 Jun)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (10 Jun)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Hourly12 daysCape Town Surf
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 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)
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
6
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
5
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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T southafrica.htsgw.metric.48.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.51.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.57.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.72.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.75.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.81.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.96.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.99.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.105.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.120.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.123.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.129.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.144.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.147.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.153.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.168.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.171.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.177.cc23
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
5.5
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.6
WSW
3.5
W
4
WSW
4.5
SW
5.5
SW
Period(s) (?)11111111111212810111211131313141313131414121212121212121212121212121317151413121216161615141414141313131313181710161415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4553943372682251931402114808691665169333473794423162776962724366456303571139193624346223461927245226203661303453545196523962389865181791101674565093345227705091441021232550274926432661268221461974184417121126826147325177704740113485
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
N
35
NNW
35
N
15
WNW
25
NW
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
45
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
WNW
35
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
15
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
30
N
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NW
50
WNW
45
WNW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
1.17
9:04PM
1.33
9:43AM
1.13
10:13PM
1.33
10:58AM
1.15
11:17PM
1.35
12:02PM
1.19
12:12AM
1.38
12:55PM
1.25
1:01AM
1.40
1:40PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.41
2:21PM
1.34
2:26AM
1.41
2:58PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
0.38
3:39AM
0.39
3:45PM
0.43
4:52AM
0.36
4:57PM
0.43
5:55AM
0.30
6:00PM
0.41
6:46AM
0.25
6:54PM
0.37
7:31AM
0.21
7:41PM
0.34
8:11AM
0.18
8:24PM
0.31
8:49AM
0.17

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
Offshore winds at Big Bay blow from the ESE

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
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Rain (mm)
-----------10731--------------12625102312--1911--------1464212
Temp. °C141716151413131115171614141514141413131414141312131414131314141414141616161617161615141515151514151515131314141517171614
Feels °C (?)121515141211107101010121011989781011119788877781313139788910119111110111212119108777910887
Sunrise-------7:47-------7:47-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48----
Sunset--5:44-------5:44-------5:44-------5:44-------5:44-------5:44-------5:44-------5:44-

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