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Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 05 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
15.7° C
 (Which is 4.0°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 10PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111167121012121111111111111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191169194198245232273170309298817237268308308338332368319350308261256222
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
SW
30
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
20
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
1.40
5:56AM
1.52
6:11PM
1.30
6:28AM
1.40
6:45PM
1.19
7:01AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.15
11:40PM
0.18
12:12PM
0.24
12:10AM
0.29
12:45PM
0.35
12:40AM
0.41
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:16-------6:16
Sunset--7:49-------7:47-------7:46-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212221201919191920201918181818181919191919191919
Feels °C (?)212219171717181818171515161617171917161818171817
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