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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
21.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)
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How big are the waves at J-Bay today?

The current surf forecast for J-Bay at 11PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)13ft (4.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
3
4
3
4
2
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.5
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111111121212121211111011111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)681255844769362229732446218713801280110357320774142445130371607148015181016803749527435379
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
15
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
E
5
ENE
10
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
1.43
6:54AM
1.53
7:00PM
1.31
7:33AM
1.42
7:39PM
1.19
8:15AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.19
1:06PM
0.37
1:05AM
0.30
1:47PM
0.47
1:42AM
0.42
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:16-------5:18-------5:18--
Sunset7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211917171621252524212120192022222220202020212323
Feels °C (?)171816161521232119191917151719191919192019181818
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