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J-Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 22 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
19.1° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 2AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (23 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (23 Nov)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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)
0
1
2
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
S
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111111101111111116161616151514131514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1187127911327641016769653926729544544403437421532136315261752115520271945158714521551
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
0
SSW
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
E
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
25
SE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
1.51
4:56AM
1.42
5:01PM
1.45
5:29AM
1.37
5:34PM
1.38
6:07AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
0.21
10:54AM
0.33
11:16PM
0.26
11:28AM
0.40
11:51PM
0.31
12:07PM
0.47
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise-----5:03-------5:03-------5:03--
Sunset7:07-------7:08-------7:08-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11---11------------
Temp. °C201918171819202120191918171921212019181716192124
Feels °C (?)181818191918191917181919162019191820181716181718
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