J-Bay Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.05° S 24.93° E)

Surf Forecasts

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 08 Jul 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at J-Bay today?

The current surf forecast for J-Bay at 9AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Evening (08 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Eastern Cape (South) Surf

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	Tuesday 08							Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	6	5	6	8	7	4	2	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	6	6	6	7	9	9	7	9	8	6	5	3	0	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	9	9	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3417	3614	3595	3266	2708	2231	2017	1832	1750	1815	1761	1904	2295	2310	5562	3729	5578	7598	7096	5678	4985	4248	3854	3473	3323	3071	4303	6261	10960	14052	14503	12530	11437	11807	11239	9915	8400	7392	6181	5229	4161	3602	2919	2521	2284	2445	3712	1765	2387	1787	1830	1607	2006	2208	2083	1986	1747	1528	1458	1637
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	NW	S	ENE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WSW	WSW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	ENE	SE	ESE	N	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	E	NE	NE	NE	N	N	NW	SW	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	SW	SW	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:37PM 1.27				2:44AM 1.41				3:14PM 1.36				3:21AM 1.48				3:50PM 1.44				3:55AM 1.53				4:24PM 1.51				4:30AM 1.56				4:58PM 1.57					5:04AM 1.57				5:33PM 1.60				5:40AM 1.54				6:09PM 1.61				6:17AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			8:26AM 0.37				8:33PM 0.44				9:03AM 0.29				9:12PM 0.36				9:38AM 0.21				9:49PM 0.30				10:11AM 0.15				10:25PM 0.25				10:44AM 0.10					11:01PM 0.22				11:17AM 0.09				11:39PM 0.22				11:51AM 0.10				12:18AM 0.24				12:27PM 0.14

	Tuesday 08							Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	15	20	18	16	15	16	16	17	22	26	24	16	16	15	15	15	17	20	20	18	17	15	14	13	17	18	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	9	15	21	19	15	15	14	14	12	15	17	15	14	13	12	12	12	15	17
Feels °C (?)	9	8	11	15	15	14	12	11	10	12	13	17	18	14	14	13	13	14	16	18	18	17	15	14	12	11	13	11	7	7	5	5	5	6	7	9	12	12	11	9	7	6	12	18	14	11	8	9	9	8	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	13	13

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