Jacobs Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.97° S 17.89° E

Issued: 7 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Jacobs Bay sea temperature is

15.8°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 (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Jacobs Bay at 3PM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Evening (29 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu morning, strong winds from the S by Fri afternoon).
	Thursday 29							Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 12	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	2479	2091	2313	2031	1830	1699	1338	539	444	769	658	943	1083	833	797	784	754	741	716	693	603	525	859
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	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
High Tide	4:54AM1.48m					5:09PM1.49m				5:43AM1.38m				6:01PM1.35m				6:42AM1.28m				7:08PM1.21m
Low Tide			10:57AM0.20m					11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:54PM0.42m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	18	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	13	15	13	14	13	11	13	11	14	13	14	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	14	12	13	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 12	SW 13
kJ	2479	2091	2313	2031	1830	1699	1338	539	444	769	658	943	1083	833	797	784	754	741	716	693	603	488	859
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 13	NW 13	—	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	SW 13	SW 12	NW 12	WSW 15	W 12	W 12	W 11	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 14	SW 13	W 12
kJ	7	7	—	6	6	6	6	480	330	6	150	3	3	2	93	84	79	78	73	84	149	525	411
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	W 11	—	—	—	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	SW 16	W 11	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	21	—	—	—	2	2	2	2	2	41	2	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 10	SSW 6	SSW 6
kJ	50	33	34	48	75	166	237	212	226	219	253	324	350	305	245	181	198	154	105	86	363	185	212
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cape St Martin West Coast	Treskostraal West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Milnerton Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Voelklip Overberg	Captains Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hell West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Captains Cape Town	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	4
Distance (km)	28	18	31	112	469	206	98	29	28	28	30	413	413	196	98	84	29	99	413	413	413	222	222
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast	Doring Bay	Doring Bay	Stompneus					Heaven	Strandfontein	Heaven	Hell					The Point (Elands Bay)	The Point (Elands Bay)
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4					3	3	3	4					3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4

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