Big Bay surf break

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 09 Jul 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
15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Big Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 9AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jul)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (09 Jul)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)111313131313131313131313131313141516151514141414151414141414141413131313131212121212121211111111111414141313131314141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)132618932158243225732922348240944143434844584380444741074031438113273784897561093010492953086898640884884517823698159825072436433552817230520311677149713811249116911891665191317731498130413051464167724012499254422922305247322482316219119481803
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
35
WNW
30
W
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
1.30
2:49AM
1.36
3:21PM
1.37
3:26AM
1.41
3:57PM
1.43
4:03AM
1.43
4:32PM
1.47
4:40AM
1.43
5:09PM
1.50
5:18AM
1.40
5:46PM
1.51
6:00AM
1.35
6:27PM
1.49
6:46AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.25
8:48PM
0.36
9:09AM
0.19
9:25PM
0.30
9:43AM
0.15
10:02PM
0.26
10:17AM
0.12
10:39PM
0.23
10:51AM
0.12
11:18PM
0.22
11:26AM
0.14
11:59PM
0.23
12:04PM
0.19
12:44AM
0.26
12:47PM
0.26
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Sunrise-7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48--
Sunset----5:51-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------5:53-------5:53-------5:54-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314151414141313131416151414141515131212121212121111121312121111111314141312131313131414131211111113151413121111101214
Feels °C (?)991112111212121212131413121211996668999779119108881011111091010109101010988810121111119981010
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