Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 06 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.9°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 5PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
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5
4
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131213131413131312121313131312111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)604660495560510547084203363217511930183618131514159295712181065932852737712644510685537
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
1.27
5:41AM
1.26
6:07PM
1.16
6:16AM
1.15
6:53PM
1.06
7:06AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.29
11:32PM
0.40
11:54AM
0.39
12:04AM
0.50
12:30PM
0.50
12:47AM
0.61
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05
Sunset--6:37-------6:36-------6:35-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171817161616151618202023242423232626232021202023
Feels °C (?)121311101112121415161618202120202323191719181821
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