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Big Bay

Big Bay

Big Bay ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.9
Consistency of Surf: 3.8
Difficulty Level: 2.8
Wind and Kite Surfing: 4.7
Crowds: 2.2

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Overall: 4.0

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Big Bay Surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 27 Jan 2021 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 13.9 °C (Statistics for 27 Jan 1981-2005 - mean: 19.9 max: 21.1 min: 18.8 °C)
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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 13.9 °C (Statistics for 27 Jan 1981-2005 - mean: 19.9 max: 21.1 min: 18.8 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Big Bay (fresh winds from the SE at Table Bay 12 km from Big Bay). 3.0m 13 s period swell from SW with 1.6m 6 s period wind swell from S

    2 hours 24 minutes ago Big Bay
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2 h 24 min ago

Moderate
33 km/h
SE
Cross-Off
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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) & DateWave HeightWave Period
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)

Hourly7 daysCape Town Surf
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Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
Period(s) (?)
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
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 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
44434555532555455557899
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.6.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.12.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.18.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.24.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.36.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.42.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.48.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.60.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.66.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.72.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.84.cc23
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
1413131313131313131313131212121213141414141515
36884063308728702719253529042929297528842702261823312257246633144257535353535752633774707153
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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
Offshore winds at Big Bay blow from the ESE

Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
partially cloudy
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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