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Big Wave Bay surfForecast / Hong Kong / China

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
18.6° C
 (Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Big Wave Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Big Wave Bay at 9PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HKT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010109888877466778899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5845324734023122421601289364627158134188196191302414387360368326326
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
0
NE
5
SSW
5
S
10
SE
10
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
ENE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscrossglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
1.34
1:29AM
0.73
6:56AM
0.75
3:48PM
1.44
2:37AM
0.59
8:23AM
0.77
4:33PM
1.52
9:25AM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:46PM
0.64
4:00AM
0.68
9:10AM
0.70
11:59PM
0.53
3:57AM
0.58
9:48AM
0.76
1:00AM
0.41
10:36AM
0.80
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset5:57-------5:58-------5:58-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171818181717191919191919181718181818181818171919
Feels °C (?)161717181717191818171716131213141516161616151919
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