Big Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.79° S 18.46° E

Big Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Big Bay sea temperature is
13.1°C
2.8° 

Big Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Big Bay today (06 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 10PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)--
Afternoon (06 Oct)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (06 Oct)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
6
8
7
8
7
6
6
4
5
8
7
5
6
5
3
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
15
4
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
16
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
3
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6919
7806
7471
7203
6123
5350
5017
5297
5199
5286
4896
5462
5227
4542
3757
3195
2726
2609
3087
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
5
SW
0
W
5
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
00:54AM1.30m
1:13PM1.47m
1:37AM1.40m
1:50PM1.56m
Low Tide
6:51PM0.29m
7:02AM0.26m
7:34PM0.17m
7:41AM0.18m
8:11PM0.07m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
14
13
12
13
15
17
16
14
13
13
12
13
15
15
14
13
13
Feels °C
10
11
10
10
9
10
11
12
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
11
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11
11
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