Big Bay surf break

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 04 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
12.8° C
(Which is 4.1°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 2PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (04 Nov)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (04 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
2
2
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
2
2
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
2.1
SSE
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111121112121211111111111113131212712128888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93210451160123611301398147512341151640524471422700689617472465359294481395283425
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
S
25
S
35
S
30
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
1.70
2:36AM
1.57
2:46PM
1.73
3:18AM
1.59
3:29PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.11
8:27PM
-0.08
8:37AM
0.05
9:08PM
-0.11
9:20AM
0.04
9:50PM
-0.08
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
Sunrise-5:43-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset----7:15-------7:16-------7:17---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151618201917161615162122201918171618232628231715
Feels °C (?)131415161413141514141918151415141315202223191312
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