Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 Mar 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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jacobs Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Jacobs Bay at 10AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
3
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)101010998999981011111111111011131310913
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60053241531426616020323028730921454697213261528143799695996315451446639424974
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
1.09
11:23AM
1.11
12:08AM
1.21
12:37PM
1.21
1:03AM
1.35
1:26PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
0.56
5:51PM
0.47
6:34AM
0.43
6:51PM
0.36
7:24AM
0.29
7:34PM
0.26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:51-------6:49-------6:47-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717171919191919191818181818171717171718181817
Feels °C (?)181818181917182020201817161615141515161616151513
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