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J-Bay surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
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 |
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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)
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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 | |
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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