Jacobs Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.97° S 17.89° E

Jacobs Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Jacobs Bay sea temperature is
12.4°C
3.1° 

Jacobs Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Jacobs Bay today (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Jacobs Bay at 2PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (02 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed morning). Mainly near gales.

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
4
3
4
4
1
0
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.2
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
12
3.5
S
9
4
S
10
4
S
9
4
S
9
4
S
9
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
9
3
S
9
3.5
S
9
3.5
S
9
3
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4067
3688
3488
3133
2959
2528
2241
2173
1548
1341
1152
949
1879
3329
2438
2584
2834
2519
2065
1689
2098
2048
1454
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
SE
30
S
55
SSE
40
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
35
SE
30
SE
40
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:03AM1.33m
6:20PM1.42m
6:51AM1.21m
7:13PM1.29m
8:00AM1.10m
8:34PM1.16m
Low Tide
12:00PM0.29m
00:39AM0.30m
12:47PM0.41m
1:39AM0.42m
1:57PM0.53m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:05
7:03
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:31
6:31
 mm
1
Temp °C
12
12
14
14
15
14
14
14
13
13
15
14
15
15
14
15
13
13
15
18
18
16
13
Feels °C
9
9
11
10
12
12
12
13
11
12
13
8
4
7
4
6
4
5
6
8
10
9
5
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 Jacobs 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 locationNearest