Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 19 Apr 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
16.4° 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 9PM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)16ft (5.0m)11s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)91010111112121314141414141313131313121212131415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66427914188553759545841579970257940731265965650491040233502315326692830318636693827443759649272
Wind
(km/h)
45
NW
45
WNW
50
W
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NW
15
SW
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
1.55
4:51AM
1.61
5:21PM
1.46
5:38AM
1.47
6:12PM
1.35
6:33AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
-0.04
10:39PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
11:25PM
0.21
11:56AM
0.20
12:18AM
0.34
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:13-------7:13
Sunset--6:22-------6:21-------6:20-----
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
131111------------------
Temp. °C171716151515151516161615151615151617171716171615
Feels °C (?)8865678101212111213141313131414141212108
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