Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 24 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
14.7° 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 11AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (24 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313121212121212111111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2523147113091245134211891098919816802710674573563553431270533551510588588576511
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
1.36
7:12PM
1.19
7:40AM
1.19
8:39PM
1.08
9:25AM
1.08
10:40PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.33
1:15AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.48
2:54AM
0.58
4:07PM
0.54
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----6:54-------6:52-------6:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232225242119171819181920201818171717181818171717
Feels °C (?)232224222020161719181920191718171818171616151516
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