Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at J-Bay today (08 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for J-Bay at 1AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (08 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 15s |
| Evening (08 Oct) | 8ft (2.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at J-Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 7 | Thursday 8 | Friday 9 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3594 | 3515 | 3344 | 3515 | 3695 | 3830 | 3883 | 3695 | 3484 | 2944 | 2747 | 2424 | 2166 | 2448 | 2817 | 3514 | 4271 | 3919 | 3216 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:07AM1.46m | 2:23PM1.67m | 2:41AM1.55m | 2:55PM1.75m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:07PM0.22m | 8:10AM0.17m | 8:40PM0.11m | 8:43AM0.10m | 9:11PM0.04m | ||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 3594 | 3515 | 3344 | 3515 | 3695 | 3830 | 3883 | 3695 | 3484 | 2944 | 2747 | 2424 | 2166 | 2448 | 2817 | 3514 | 4271 | 3919 | 3216 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | — | — | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | 198 | 249 | — | — | 199 | 166 | 127 | 112 | 279 | 234 | 194 | 194 | 151 | 148 | 113 | 113 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 162 | 159 | 156 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 10 | E 10 | E 7 | — | — | — | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 400 | 663 | 302 | — | — | — | 16 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 608 | 172 | 141 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South) | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our J-Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest