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Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 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
13.5° C
 (Which is 6.2°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 9PM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (17 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (17 Feb)7ft (2.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
11 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)
2
1
1
3
4
4
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161515151514141413131313131313131214141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171915681784195921691830155013431179991154110531053878865825799721722821649706634555
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscrosscrossoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
1.51
3:52AM
1.62
4:04PM
1.54
4:23AM
1.67
4:37PM
1.53
4:54AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
0.14
9:40PM
0.04
10:03AM
0.07
10:10PM
0.02
10:35AM
0.04
10:40PM
0.03
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:24-------6:24
Sunset--7:37-------7:35-------7:34-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222202019181922222221201919202323222020201920
Feels °C (?)222121212121181921212120181818192220181719201920
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