Big Wave Bay surf break

Big Wave Bay surfForecast / Hong Kong / China

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 HKT
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Big Wave Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Big Wave Bay sea temperature is
25.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big Wave Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Big Wave Bay at 11AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HKT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)151515161616161515151514151516161615151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28728730230630630621520919619619118614215223222021720914614212112011679
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
1.52
9:15PM
1.21
8:32AM
1.71
10:19PM
1.08
9:01AM
1.86
11:39PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
0.43
2:57PM
0.18
2:44AM
0.53
3:49PM
0.04
3:12AM
0.63
4:42PM
-0.04
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:01-------6:01-------6:00------
Sunset----6:43-------6:43-------6:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242425262625252525252626262625252525262626252525
Feels °C (?)272726262626272727272826272828282928292727272828
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