Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
2
!
2
2
2
0
0
0
!
1
2
4
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
S
1.6
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111011121212121212121212127788881216151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134012581265125913021324146820127342089164316431587732895107099774780820593910371841004362
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
40
S
50
S
45
S
40
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
1.73
4:53PM
1.55
5:06AM
1.65
5:32PM
1.46
5:46AM
1.52
6:16PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
0.03
10:45AM
-0.03
10:53PM
0.08
11:23AM
0.05
11:31PM
0.18
12:04PM
0.18
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset------6:59-------6:57-------6:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717161819191717171717181818171717171721212322
Feels °C (?)14131312151514111214151415121091112141418171919
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