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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 26 Nov 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
19.7° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 8AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (26 Nov)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (26 Nov)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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)
3
4
5
4
3
1
2
3
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
S
2.1
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
E
3
E
Period(s) (?)1615141413131312121212111188888888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)434036782987261321761817158414741025115811211106120854189910109558978989331020158913261204
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
N
10
WNW
5
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
40
ESE
25
NW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
1.26
6:58PM
1.22
7:54AM
1.23
8:05PM
1.14
9:10AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.38
12:58PM
0.55
1:22AM
0.44
2:07PM
0.60
2:28AM
0.50
3:37PM
0.59
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise---5:03-------5:01-------5:01----
Sunset------7:10-------7:12-------7:13-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------11--1111-------78
Temp. °C202122252824232221212021212121202020212226282321
Feels °C (?)182020242521232322222020191818171818202123242319
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