Surf Forecast Surf Report

Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 30 Apr 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.9°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 8AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (30 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (30 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111212121113121212121211111111111111111111111111111111101010111515141414141413131313131212121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)17132346251522682008156213401077874904106523772780305030502888247221742012178815801549162613381853160213481163955823730631551511377307337309405472537662682733722722734722711636605605595595491399399275366386
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
E
10
SE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
SSW
25
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
1.61
5:12PM
1.48
5:27AM
1.47
6:01PM
1.36
6:20AM
1.30
6:59PM
1.25
7:25AM
1.15
8:15PM
1.16
8:53AM
1.05
9:47PM
1.14
10:31AM
1.04
11:06PM
1.19
11:44AM
1.09
12:01AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
0.10
10:59AM
0.05
11:17PM
0.20
11:45AM
0.19
12:09AM
0.33
12:37PM
0.34
1:14AM
0.46
1:43PM
0.47
2:44AM
0.55
3:12PM
0.54
4:29AM
0.55
4:43PM
0.54
5:44AM
0.48
5:48PM
0.50
6:33AM
0.40
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Sunrise---7:20-------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24
Sunset------6:09-------6:08-------6:07-------6:07-------6:06-------6:05-------6:04-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616161616161615151515151514151514141314141414141313151618191819191920222423222221202022201817161616161718171716161617
Feels °C (?)1110101010991111131211998111191110108881099111314141213141415172017151716151619161414131414141515131413141415
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