Little Bay surf break

Little Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 SAST
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Little Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Bay sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Little Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Little Bay at 10AM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (20 Oct)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
3
1
4
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131212121217161514141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3178208220321550131894780265366365354651151151158092917851624151412471120882813661
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
10
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
1.54
2:54AM
1.44
2:59PM
1.54
3:21AM
1.45
3:27PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
0.20
8:51PM
0.09
8:55AM
0.19
9:16PM
0.09
9:22AM
0.19
9:42PM
0.11
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:56------
Sunset----7:02-------7:02-------7:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141622242122171514162227252019181722252224181616
Feels °C (?)111319201719141211131923211816161521231923171516
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Little Bay (light winds from the N at SHIP9045 12 km from Little Bay). A 2.1m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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2 h 22 min ago

7 km/h
N
Clean
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