Jacobs Bay Surf Forecast

/ West Coast (18 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (32.97° S 17.89° E)

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Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 SAST

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

Today's Jacobs Bay sea temperature is 14.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jacobs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Jacobs Bay at 8AM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s

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

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		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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
Rating (10 max)	!	!	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	4263	3817	3013	2350	2053	2202	1528	1186	892	663	638	600	520	416	463	520	520	767	1193	1776	1680	1367	1127	1006
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 1.43				2:32PM 1.55				2:54AM 1.46				2:59PM 1.56				3:21AM 1.47				3:27PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	8:24PM 0.13				8:28AM 0.20				8:50PM 0.09				8:56AM 0.19				9:16PM 0.09				9:23AM 0.20

		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	18	21	20	22	20	19	17	17	17	21	24	21	22	21	22	19	20	21	18	17	16
Feels °C (?)	13	13	13	15	18	16	17	17	16	13	13	13	17	19	16	18	17	19	17	18	18	14	14	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Jacobs Bay (light winds from the SE at Langebaanweg 26 km from Jacobs Bay). 2.1m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.5m 8s swell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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26 km away, 37 min ago

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14.4

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