Big Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.79° S 18.46° E

Issued: 1 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Big Bay sea temperature is

15.3°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 (24 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 9PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 24). 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 (24 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Afternoon (24 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Evening (24 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Tue morning).
	Sat 24					Sunday 25								Monday 26
	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)	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9	S 9	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	277	267	204	200	216	236	154	123	325	43	41	40	40	87	254	322	374	343	254	249	249
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	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		1:51PM1.58m					2:17AM1.49m				2:26PM1.65m				2:54AM1.54m				3:03PM1.68m
Low Tide					8:11PM0.05m				8:17AM0.13m				8:45PM-0.03m				8:54AM0.09m				9:22PM-0.05m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	21	20	16	16	16	16	17	20	20	18	16	16	15	15	16	19	19	19	18	17
Feels °C	19	18	16	12	13	13	13	13	15	15	12	11	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9	W 8	W 8	W 8	SW 9	SW 9	W 10	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11
kJ	277	267	204	200	216	236	154	123	32	29	31	30	30	77	254	322	374	343	254	249	249
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	WSW 12	W 8	W 8	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 8	WSW 11	W 13	SW 16	SW 16	W 11	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 10
kJ	50	32	48	48	32	49	31	33	48	43	41	19	40	87	10	10	2	9	9	9	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	W 16	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 18	W 15	W 14	WSW 11	W 8	SW 9	—	—	S 12	W 12	W 12	NW 12	SW 15
kJ	37	35	59	59	33	5	49	49	12	4	16	40	19	29	—	—	3	3	3	6	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 9	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	—	3	13	25	22	40	68	71	325	138	172	184	197	181	92	104	67	131	152	160	106
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Milnerton Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Little Bay Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Haakgat Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kamer Van Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	6	39	39	70	0	2	58	58	340	400	400	91	91	0	0	5	70	400	400	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Underwater Point	Long Beach	Long Beach		The Hoek	Captains								Captains	Beach Road	Beach Road				Kamer Van	Captains
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2		2	2								1	2	2				1	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	2
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Outside Corner Indonesia	Nyang-Nyang Indonesia	Nyang-Nyang Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	El Huerto Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Guibeleco Spain	Vanthrax France	Cabo Lastres Spain	Belharra France	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Afife Portugal
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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