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Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 25 Nov 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
12.8° C
 (Which is 5.1°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 10PM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)--
Afternoon (25 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (25 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
3
3
4
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
4
3
1
2
3
4
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.9
SSE
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.5
S
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.6
WSW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)12151514131313121211111111899999998108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7921423148825461999130610528136506065244664064857417529656605872631771136549
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
S
35
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
15
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
1.18
6:42AM
1.20
6:50PM
1.11
7:41AM
1.18
8:01PM
1.06
8:51AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12AM
0.38
12:47PM
0.52
1:03AM
0.44
1:57PM
0.54
2:09AM
0.48
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:28-------5:28--
Sunset7:36-------7:37-------7:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282420181820222322202019192126282724201919222422
Feels °C (?)242118171818202018171818181923242221181820232319
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