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Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 05 May 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
12.9° C
 (Which is 4.4°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 6AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (05 May)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (05 May)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

Hourly12 Days
Cape Town Surf
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Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131312111010101413131212121313131212121212121212121212121214131313131212101011111111111313121212131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)53763164063472272284887682176664962435651314741583155015911591159416321266126915471598145314301426133813611323126910969977481680131312741077938629599131422323097304626032222150322542095167712681084156114201201101019431977
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
5
S
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
10
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscrossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
1.13
10:30AM
1.02
11:07PM
1.17
11:44AM
1.07
12:02AM
1.24
12:34PM
1.14
12:43AM
1.31
1:11PM
1.21
1:16AM
1.37
1:44PM
1.28
1:47AM
1.41
2:14PM
1.33
2:17AM
1.44
2:44PM
1.37
2:47AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
0.55
4:42PM
0.53
5:45AM
0.48
5:47PM
0.49
6:34AM
0.40
6:34PM
0.43
7:10AM
0.32
7:11PM
0.38
7:41AM
0.25
7:44PM
0.34
8:10AM
0.20
8:14PM
0.30
8:38AM
0.16
8:44PM
0.28
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise---7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-------7:26-------7:28
Sunset------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------5:59-------5:58-------5:57-------5:57-----
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Rain (mm)
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