Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at J-Bay today (05 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with E swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for J-Bay at 12PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (05 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 15s |
| Evening (05 Aug) | 7ft (2.2m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at J-Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | E 10 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 297 | 284 | 372 | 886 | 1412 | 2285 | 2178 | 2119 | 2216 | 3615 | 4689 | 4445 | 3824 | 3165 | 2752 | 2659 | 2454 | 2640 | 2693 | 2715 | 2862 | 3375 | 3614 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 7:22AM1.28m | 7:53PM1.41m | 8:17AM1.16m | 8:59PM1.29m | 9:50AM1.06m | 10:46PM1.22m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:25PM0.35m | 2:18AM0.45m | 2:21PM0.48m | 3:39AM0.54m | 3:54PM0.59m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | | |  | | | | |  | | |  | | | |  | | | | | | |
 | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 17 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 284 | 284 | 284 | 886 | 1412 | 2285 | 2178 | 2119 | 2216 | 3615 | 4689 | 4445 | 3824 | 3165 | 2752 | 2659 | 2454 | 2640 | 2693 | 2715 | 2862 | 3375 | 3614 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 15 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 297 | 224 | 372 | 235 | 231 | 231 | 188 | 148 | 145 | 115 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 45 | 75 | 53 | 54 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 11 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 |
| kJ | 146 | 217 | 220 | 192 | 139 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 66 | 45 | 44 | 43 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 4 | SW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 6 | SE 6 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 239 | 167 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 19 | 31 | 2 |
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)
Latest Updates
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