Big Bay Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.79° S 18.46° E)

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Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 20 Jun 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 13.8° C
(Which is 2.3°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: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am June 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Jun)	11ft (3.5m)	12s
Afternoon (20 Jun)	13ft (4.0m)	12s
Evening (20 Jun)	15ft (4.5m)	14s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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		Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	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	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	1	2	3	0	0	3	!	!	!	8	6	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	!	!	!	!	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	0	0	0	!	5	4	2	3	3	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	W	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2509	2659	3088	3887	4033	4416	5432	7239	8259	9524	8096	6411	4891	3886	2786	2387	1909	1715	1480	1381	1726	2456	3710	4860	5139	5259	5739	5922	6348	7510	8830	9092	8658	7950	6652	5505	4563	3990	3375	4546	4144	5859	7797	9032	10950	10612	9485	9083	9146	8616	8239	7079	5819	4855	4152	4587	2940	2409	2034	2076
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NW	N	NW	WNW	WNW	W	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NW	SSW	SW	W	W	NW	NNW	N	N	NW	WNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NW	NW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:51PM 1.34				10:40AM 1.16				10:58PM 1.37					11:49AM 1.21				12:02AM 1.42				12:50PM 1.29				1:02AM 1.47				1:45PM 1.37				1:57AM 1.51					2:36PM 1.43				2:48AM 1.52				3:23PM 1.48				3:37AM 1.51				4:09PM 1.50				4:23AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			4:28AM 0.34				4:34PM 0.43					5:36AM 0.27				5:45PM 0.39				6:37AM 0.20				6:50PM 0.33				7:33AM 0.13				7:48PM 0.26					8:24AM 0.08				8:42PM 0.20				9:11AM 0.06				9:31PM 0.17				9:56AM 0.06				10:19PM 0.17

		Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	7	9	5	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	11
Feels °C (?)	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	12	11	11	13	13	12	11	10	8	8	9	9	10	8	7	4	8	8	6	6	5	4	4	2	2	4	6	7	8	8	6	3	4	5

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