Big Bay Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.79° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Big Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 14 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 14.2° C
(Which is 3.2°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 6PM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	6s
Evening (14 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	6s

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

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	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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)	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	5	5	3	2	1	2	3	3	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	W	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	11	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	286	343	322	110	460	522	416	365	447	537	703	800	783	3702	3606	2848	2469	1286	1092	772	625	505	440	331
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE
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	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:35AM 1.26				12:13AM 1.14				12:21PM 1.32				12:55AM 1.21				12:58PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)				6:11PM 0.39				6:11AM 0.44				6:52PM 0.31				6:53AM 0.39				7:25PM 0.25				7:29AM 0.35

	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	19	19	17	16	16	17	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	16	22	23	23	20	16	15	13	16
Feels °C (?)	18	15	12	14	11	10	11	11	12	11	9	9	10	10	11	12	18	16	15	14	12	12	10	13

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