Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 26 Feb 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 3AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (27 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SW
3
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111211111111111011111212141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19341702118210268947117116806435827055764834265045826591425212028274417739979868725
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
SW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20AM
1.15
12:42PM
1.24
1:21AM
1.31
1:38PM
1.36
2:06AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
0.46
6:36AM
0.48
7:09PM
0.33
7:36AM
0.33
7:55PM
0.21
8:20AM
0.19
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset7:28-------7:27-------7:24-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C191818181716181818171717171719192019191818171718
Feels °C (?)151515151513151514131415171717161716161414131213
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