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
2 h 24 min ago

How big are the waves at Big Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 7PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 27). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (27 Jan) | 11ft (3.5m) | 14s |
Afternoon (27 Jan) | 11ft (3.5m) | 13s |
Evening (27 Jan) | 10ft (3.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Big Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Rating (10 max) |
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Swell Height Map |
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
Period(s) (?) |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() |
Energy (?) |
Wind (km/h) |
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
Low Tide / height (m) |
Summary |
Rain (mm) |
Temp. °C |
Chill °C (?) |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM |
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SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW |
14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
3688 | 4063 | 3087 | 2870 | 2719 | 2535 | 2904 | 2929 | 2975 | 2884 | 2702 | 2618 | 2331 | 2257 | 2466 | 3314 | 4257 | 5353 | 5353 | 5752 | 6337 | 7470 | 7153 |
SSE | S | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSW | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE |
cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
2:43PM 1.42 | 3:13AM 1.43 | 3:19PM 1.48 | 3:47AM 1.51 | 3:55PM 1.52 | 4:22AM 1.57 | |||||||||||||||||
8:39AM 0.30 | 8:59PM 0.13 | 9:15AM 0.22 | 9:33PM 0.07 | 9:52AM 0.16 | 10:07PM 0.03 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM |
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20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | 7:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - |
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