Jacobs Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.97° S 17.89° E

Issued: 1 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Jacobs Bay sea temperature is

14.6° 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 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Jacobs Bay at 4AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	13s
Afternoon (29 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	13s
Evening (29 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	1591	1367	1247	1144	1144	1083	1288	1182	1164	1050	966	878	746	746	669	690	680	669	496	416	409	361	298	288
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	E	NE	WSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	S	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		3:06AM1.39m				3:33PM1.45m				3:38AM1.43m				4:03PM1.51m				4:10AM1.44m				4:33PM1.54m
Low Tide				9:22AM0.18m				9:41PM0.25m				9:50AM0.14m				10:11PM0.22m				10:18AM0.12m				10:42PM0.20m


	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	18	18	18	19	18	19	22	22	21	20
Feels °C	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	14	15	13	15	15	14	14	13	15	18	18	17	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11
kJ	1591	1367	1247	1144	1144	1083	1288	1182	1164	1050	966	878	746	746	669	690	680	669	496	416	409	361	298	288
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	—	—	—	SSE 4	—	—	—	—	—	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	WSW 18	SW 16	WSW 16
kJ	—	82	113	85	60	42	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	18	31	22	11	9	5	60	69	102
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 19	W 19	W 19	WSW 18	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	7	31	2	5	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 3	—	—	—	SSE 7	S 4	—	—	SE 5	—	—	—	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 5	SSE 3	SSE 3
kJ	211	172	3	—	—	—	42	6	—	—	5	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	3	6
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	18	18	0	0	17	18	28	28	0	0	0	0	29	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	18
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	6

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