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Big Wave Bay surfForecast / Hong Kong / China

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
20.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Big Wave Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Big Wave Bay at 10AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HKT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)888777887889999988878888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9996728686120212302400870103411081021874812919881832690492465355333310
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
0.63
1:09PM
1.54
1:26AM
0.55
2:13PM
1.50
3:39PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.49
2:55AM
0.58
10:41PM
0.47
3:07AM
0.53
11:55PM
0.41
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:35-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------6:30-------6:30-------6:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181919191918171716161616171716161616171817
Feels °C (?)1717171718161616121010999910108899111312
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