Big Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.79° S 18.46° E

Issued: 1 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Big Bay sea temperature is

16.1°C

Big Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Big Bay today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 7AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	11s
Evening (31 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Mon night).
	Saturday 31								Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	0	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	WSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	872	828	729	799	693	614	525	947	1777	2027	1831	1583	1338	1211	996	1229	1048	1013	869	734	533	320	321	303
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE
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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:41AM1.27m				7:06PM1.19m				7:59AM1.19m					8:37PM1.09m				9:34AM1.19m				10:19PM1.09m
Low Tide	00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m				1:27AM0.41m					2:25PM0.50m				2:58AM0.48m				4:12PM0.49m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	20	21	19	17	16	16	16	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	15	16	19	19	18	16	16
Feels °C	17	17	15	19	18	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	14	16	14	13	12	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	WSW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	872	828	729	799	693	614	480	947	1777	2027	1831	1583	1338	1211	996	1229	1048	1013	869	734	533	320	314	303
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	W 11	SSW 10	SW 14	SW 13	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	—	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 16
kJ	82	81	76	2	68	147	525	396	72	105	72	100	68	38	38	37	37	37	21	—	17	17	8	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 11	W 11	W 11	—	WSW 16	SSW 10	SSW 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 18	—	—	—	W 16	—
kJ	2	2	2	—	26	68	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	5	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	—	—	—	—	S 4	S 5	S 5	—	—	—	—	S 4	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	31	22	22	29	45	78	72	60	—	—	—	—	41	67	70	—	—	—	—	16	83	232	321	226
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	2	3
Distance (km)	0	0	70	118	340	340	39	39	6	0	39	39	340	70	70	58	50	0	0	129	400	400	91	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Captains	The Hoek					Long Beach	Long Beach	Milnerton	Kamer Van	Long Beach	Olifants Bos					Strand (Pipe)	The Hoek	Captains					Captains
Rating (10 max)	3	3					3	3	4	4	4	4					2	4	3					3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gansbaai Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Second Beach (Port St Johns) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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