Big Bay surf break

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 05 May 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 4PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.1m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (05 May)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (05 May)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WSW
12
2.1
WSW
12
2.3
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.3
S
11
2.1
S
11
1.9
S
10
2
S
10
2
S
10
1.8
S
10
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.4
S
9
1
WSW
15
0.9
WSW
14
1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
18
1
WSW
18
1.3
WSW
17
1.4
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1293
1131
1288
1914
1724
1521
1270
1010
789
816
753
585
417
349
298
284
443
316
373
414
408
596
1003
1068
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
S
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
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
off
off
off
High Tide
5:18PM1.26m
5:24AM1.24m
5:57PM1.19m
6:02AM1.15m
6:45PM1.12m
6:52AM1.07m
Low Tide
11:04AM0.29m
11:18PM0.41m
11:38AM0.36m
11:56PM0.50m
12:18PM0.44m
00:46AM0.57m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:24
7:24
7:24
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6:01
6:00
6:00
5:59
Temp °C
15
16
15
15
14
14
14
14
16
18
17
16
16
15
15
14
17
18
17
16
15
14
14
13
14
13
12
14
13
13
13
14
14
13
12
12
13
13
13
11
13
13
11
12
12
11
12
10
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WSW
12
2.1
WSW
12
2.3
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.3
S
11
2.1
S
11
1.9
S
10
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
SW
13
1.6
S
9
0.9
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
13
0.7
WSW
15
1
WSW
15
0.9
WSW
14
1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
17
1.4
WSW
16
Energy kJ
1293
1131
1288
1914
1724
1521
1270
1010
789
362
323
257
417
295
209
196
443
316
373
414
408
378
1003
1068
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
11
1.9
SSW
11
2.1
WSW
11
1.8
WSW
11
1.6
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
12
1.1
WSW
12
1
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
10
1
WSW
13
0.4
SW
16
0.4
WSW
16
0.7
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
21
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
20
0.5
WSW
19
0.8
WSW
18
1
WSW
18
1.1
S
8
1.1
WSW
13
Energy kJ
91
910
1104
800
625
488
361
306
243
133
88
83
357
69
102
119
44
36
149
212
373
596
153
378
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.5
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
20
0.1
SW
18
0.2
WSW
18
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
22
0.1
SW
22
0.1
W
13
0.3
WSW
20
0.3
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
11
0.5
S
11
1.1
WSW
13
1
S
10
Energy kJ
32
80
79
130
208
208
232
314
309
3
7
13
31
3
9
18
3
79
29
44
40
58
378
183
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
S
10
2
S
10
1.8
S
10
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
Energy kJ
816
753
585
349
298
284
228
190
253
219
153
125
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
Distance (km)
0
29
29
0
0
0
0
0
0
130
129
166
3
0
0
0
0
91
65
0
0
0
0
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
9
7
7
6
5
5
5
4
5
2
6
5
6
5
6
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
9
7
7
6
5
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
6
5
6
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