Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Big Bay today (25 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Big Bay at 1AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (25 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (25 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Big Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 24 | Friday 25 | Saturday 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1170 | 1161 | 1094 | 1044 | 878 | 850 | 747 | 734 | 614 | 604 | 542 | 448 | 710 | 952 | 1958 | 1915 | 1862 | 1736 | 1491 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:15AM1.43m | 2:28PM1.57m | 2:46AM1.50m | 2:58PM1.65m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:15PM0.18m | 8:20AM0.15m | 8:44PM0.08m | 8:49AM0.09m | 9:14PM0.01m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:44 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 1170 | 1161 | 1094 | 1044 | 878 | 850 | 747 | 734 | 614 | 604 | 542 | 448 | 442 | 952 | 1958 | 1915 | 1862 | 1736 | 1491 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 6 | SSE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | W 20 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 12 | S 8 | S 11 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 32 | 31 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 54 | 150 | 443 | 710 | 497 | 12 | 3 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 16 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 15 | 14 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 3 | S 3 | S 4 | S 4 | S 5 | S 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 74 | 146 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 70 | 91 | 91 |
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