J-Bay surf break

J-Bay surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 SAST
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J-Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's J-Bay sea temperature is
18.1° C
(Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at J-Bay today?

The current surf forecast for J-Bay at 10PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (04 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109991010101010999913131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38637933133132527126622017119616233043346945043733526626019716842410951293
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
15
E
5
SSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
5
SSW
10
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
20
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
1.75
3:32AM
1.61
3:47PM
1.74
4:17AM
1.62
4:32PM
1.68
5:01AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
0.01
9:34AM
0.09
10:06PM
0.01
10:21AM
0.11
10:48PM
0.05
11:08AM
0.17
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----5:01-------5:01-------5:01--
Sunset7:17-------7:19-------7:20-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------11----------
Temp. °C242020191820222121201918191919201919181716192121
Feels °C (?)191921171618191919201918201817181719171615181716
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