Little Bay Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.81° S 18.47° E)

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Little Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 30 Aug 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 15.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Little Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Little Bay at 3AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	8ft (2.4m)	13s
Evening (30 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	13s

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

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		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	4	4	3	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3028	2658	2428	2405	2221	2164	2180	2077	2221	1555	1699	1621	1542	1638	2691	3393	3544	3453	3395	3056	2662	2406	2267	2084
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	E	S	SW	SW	S	S	SSW	SW	SE	SW	WSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	S	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:51AM 1.07				7:06PM 1.12				7:44AM 0.97					8:10PM 1.01				9:41AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)		12:45AM 0.45				12:42PM 0.53				1:28AM 0.56				1:29PM 0.64					2:55AM 0.64				3:32PM 0.72

		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	15	19	20	19
Feels °C (?)	14	14	13	13	15	15	14	15	14	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	17	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Little Bay (calm at Thornton wx 14 km from Little Bay). A 2.6m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
57 minutes ago Little Bay

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Actual: 57 min ago

3 km/h

NNW

Clean

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