Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 12 Apr 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
16.7° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111101014141413131313161614141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)611429377332258220184177293676865999105310921018217823001933190621512276381050934169
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
1.25
12:45PM
1.23
1:02AM
1.40
1:25PM
1.36
1:37AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
0.47
6:47AM
0.41
6:52PM
0.35
7:23AM
0.25
7:28PM
0.24
7:58AM
0.11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:09-------7:09--
Sunset6:30-------6:29-------6:28-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C191818171717192019181817171718191919181717171717
Feels °C (?)161516151616181817161615161617181818181515141313
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