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Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 09 Jan 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
14.4° C
 (Which is 5.2°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: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 2.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
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)
3
4
3
2
1
2
2
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
2
4
3
3
2
0
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
S
1.8
WSW
2.4
S
2
S
2
SSE
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111011998111114141313121212121212201817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)206917641281115412278158956094623662753574315175434944794715034423896539731448
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
S
40
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
25
S
25
SSE
15
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		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.34
7:40PM
1.10
8:05AM
1.24
8:37PM
1.01
9:01AM
1.15
9:54PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.42
1:35AM
0.46
2:37PM
0.49
2:27AM
0.56
3:46PM
0.55
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:45-------5:46-------5:46------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181922232221191716192629292523201922272826212121
Feels °C (?)161618181615151414172325262321191922262724202223
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