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Jacobs Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
12.5° C
 (Which is 5.1°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 7AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (23 Nov)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (23 Nov)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
4
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)9888888816161515141414141414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1700154810878528308981051105111551305145313771407138715001407893961919821796645624905
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
40
S
45
S
40
S
45
S
50
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
35
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
30
S
45
S
40
S
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
1.34
4:42PM
1.32
5:13AM
1.29
5:17PM
1.26
5:54AM
1.25
5:59PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
0.23
10:38AM
0.36
10:55PM
0.28
11:13AM
0.42
11:31PM
0.33
11:55AM
0.48
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise---5:33-------5:33-------5:33----
Sunset------7:34-------7:35-------7:36-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717181919191716161617201918171617182125242219
Feels °C (?)1011101212101199111315171411111114151922191716
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