Little Bay surf break

Little Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 30 Jan 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.8° C
(Which is 5.2°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 11PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)--
Afternoon (30 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
2
2
0
1
1
2
!
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!
!
!
!
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4
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.9
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111211111010101018171616161514141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)506542377338355270245315817214041074834441443203261309426702354213518461136992850614
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
1.40
2:29PM
1.48
2:59AM
1.52
3:13PM
1.53
3:39AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
0.17
8:25AM
0.22
8:48PM
0.08
9:10AM
0.12
9:27PM
0.02
9:51AM
0.07
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset7:52-------7:52-------7:51-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252221202021232522202020192022242320201919202022
Feels °C (?)232121212121212319181921212222232118201920212021
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