Big Bay Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.79° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 15 Nov 2025 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 13.8° C
(Which is 3.6°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 7PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	7.5ft (2.3m)	8s
Evening (15 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	12s

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

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	Saturday 15					Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	12	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	385	566	745	1946	783	2027	3313	2477	2402	1286	1092	772	625	551	440	339	339	277	473	496	316	245	226	216
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	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	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:21PM 1.32				12:55AM 1.21				12:58PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27				1:31PM 1.40					2:01AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.31				6:53AM 0.39				7:25PM 0.25				7:29AM 0.35				7:55PM 0.20

	Saturday 15					Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	17	16	15	15	16	22	23	23	20	16	14	14	16	23	27	25	22	19	16	15	18
Feels °C (?)	13	11	10	9	10	10	11	12	18	16	15	14	12	11	11	13	20	23	21	19	16	14	13	15

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