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Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 SAST
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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
15.1° C
 (Which is 5.0°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 1PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (03 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (03 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111111101010101013121212111212111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207196182175142145142142269248240228209190190174198191163194194194163187
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
S
0
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
1.53
4:50AM
1.64
5:04PM
1.47
5:23AM
1.59
5:37PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
0.06
10:37PM
0.02
11:05AM
0.09
11:09PM
0.09
11:39AM
0.15
11:40PM
0.18
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset----7:50-------7:49-------7:47---
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202024252222242221222627262323222121212323212020
Feels °C (?)212024241922242322232727272526252423212221191920
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