Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 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 1.3°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 12PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
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2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
3
WSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
WSW
4.5
SW
5
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121211121212121211111313139991211111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1791172121802143192619702405225425843010303922751903201316341518782784137626832889439262836800
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
35
N
25
NNW
25
SW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
40
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
1.72
3:17PM
1.60
3:28AM
1.74
3:56PM
1.60
4:08AM
1.70
4:37PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
-0.07
9:18PM
0.05
9:47AM
-0.08
9:57PM
0.06
10:26AM
-0.04
10:39PM
0.11
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----6:23-------6:22-------6:22---
cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--31831--11------2122311-
Temp. °C161616131416171615161616161616161616171717171615
Feels °C (?)1191181113141313151312121313121111101010987
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