Jacobs Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.97° S 17.89° E

Issued: 1 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Jacobs Bay sea temperature is

16.1°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Jacobs Bay today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Jacobs Bay at 8AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Evening (31 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the S by Mon night).
	Saturday 31								Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 12	SW 13	WSW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	S 7	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	872	843	828	716	704	603	525	859	1543	1799	1799	1435	1413	1230	1094	878	772	760	678	614	542	418	483	654
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide			6:42AM1.28m				7:08PM1.21m				8:00AM1.21m					8:39PM1.11m				9:34AM1.21m				10:19PM1.11m
Low Tide	00:19AM0.29m				12:54PM0.42m				1:27AM0.41m					2:25PM0.50m				2:58AM0.49m				4:11PM0.49m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15
Feels °C	13	13	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	9	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 12	SW 13	WSW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	872	843	828	716	704	603	488	859	1543	1799	1799	1435	1413	1230	1094	878	772	760	678	614	542	418	273	303
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SW 16	SW 14	SW 13	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 18	W 10	W 10	W 10	NW 16
kJ	84	79	78	73	42	186	525	384	72	72	72	100	45	38	38	37	37	37	20	6	17	8	8	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	NW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 18	W 18	W 18	W 18	W 16	W 16	—
kJ	2	2	2	2	5	67	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	5	5	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSW 10	S 5	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 7	S 7
kJ	103	90	73	62	356	78	88	109	109	94	82	82	95	163	203	232	207	177	146	127	126	235	483	654
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Heaven West Coast	Captains Cape Town	Treskostraal West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3
Distance (km)	29	98	18	222	413	413	135	135	112	106	135	135	413	176	176	163	155	82	29	31	469	469	196	28
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast	Heaven		Pastures															Doring Bay	Strandfontein	Stompneus				Pastures
Rating (10 max)	3		3															3	3	2				3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Fish Boma Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gansbaai Overberg	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Second Beach (Port St Johns) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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