Big Wave Bay surf break

Big Wave Bay surfForecast / Hong Kong / China

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 19 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
19.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HKT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.9
E
2.2
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
2.5
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)888878999999101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3333093174664667058567756644844955561155122997810709984234976716716561173505
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
25
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
E
30
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
1.88
12:16PM
0.80
9:06PM
1.88
12:32PM
0.82
9:44PM
1.83
12:21PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.74
4:30AM
0.09
2:51PM
0.71
5:05AM
0.09
3:42PM
0.70
5:38AM
0.13
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset6:01-------6:02-------6:02-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191919181717171717171716141213141616161514121213
Feels °C (?)1617161310101112131413111089912121198768
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