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Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 20 Nov 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
13.5° C
 (Which is 4.0°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: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 2.4m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)8ft (2.4m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
!
!
3
4
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
3
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)161615151615151515151414141388881212121288
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13031438214023592586249122782278294225972216196815271380124114371471106072470064656110601707
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
S
45
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
40
S
45
S
45
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
SSW
35
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
1.40
3:05PM
1.45
3:31AM
1.40
3:36PM
1.42
4:03AM
1.38
4:09PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
0.15
9:03AM
0.27
9:22PM
0.16
9:34AM
0.28
9:52PM
0.19
10:05AM
0.31
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---5:35-------5:35-------5:35----
Sunset------7:30-------7:31-------7:32-
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. °C161615161919181716161617201918171717161819201917
Feels °C (?)101091012111099101112151311101112131516171410
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