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
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Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Big Bay (calm at Duynefontein 11 km from Big Bay). 1.8m 11 s period swell from WSW with an additional 1.1m 15 s period swell from SW
2 h 47 min ago
How big are the waves at Big Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 12PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (03 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 15s |
| Evening (03 Aug) | 10ft (3.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Big Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Swell Height Map |
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Wind (km/h) |
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High Tide / height (m) |
Low Tide / height (m) |
| Summary |
Rain (mm) |
| Temp. °C |
| Chill °C (?) |
| Sunrise |
| Sunset |
Monday 03 | Tuesday 04 | Wednesday 05 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM |
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WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW |
| 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 807 | 799 | 2390 | 3116 | 3275 | 3517 | 3705 | 4697 | 5610 | 6455 | 8081 | 9441 | 9516 | 8722 | 8287 | 7881 | 7232 | 6619 | 5707 | 4792 | 4169 | 3672 | 3052 |
N | NNW | NW | NW | WNW | W | WSW | SW | SSW | S | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SE | SE | SE | ESE | SE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE |
| cross | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
3:01AM 1.44 | 3:28PM 1.47 | 3:38AM 1.45 | 4:03PM 1.50 | 4:12AM 1.44 | 4:36PM 1.50 | |||||||||||||||||
9:14AM 0.12 | 9:34PM 0.20 | 9:48AM 0.11 | 10:10PM 0.18 | 10:21AM 0.12 | 10:44PM 0.20 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 03 | Tuesday 04 | Wednesday 05 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM |
 |  |  | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | 6:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - |
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