South Sound Surf Forecast

/ Grand Cayman (3 surf breaks) /

Cayman Islands (3 surf breaks)

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South Sound surfForecast / Grand Cayman / Cayman Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 29 Aug 2025 EST

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South Sound surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's South Sound sea temperature is 30.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at South Sound today?

The current surf forecast for South Sound at 8AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 29). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (29 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (29 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

Table - waves today at South Sound. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 29							Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Mon 01
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	151	151	151	114	132	129	147	147	151	158	158	138	123	126	123	123	105	102	98	98	69	67	67	64
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:39PM 0.23			12:25AM 0.21						4:39PM 0.24			2:27AM 0.20					5:47PM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57AM 0.12					8:21PM 0.20				8:18AM 0.13					11:17PM 0.20			9:58AM 0.13					12:04AM 0.18

	Friday 29							Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Mon 01
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Feels °C (?)	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Grand Cayman

Wind Update Still cross-shore at South Sound (light winds from the ENE at Grand Cayman/Georgetown/Owen Roberts International Airport 2 km from South Sound). A 0.9m swell from the SE
2 hours 17 minutes ago South Sound

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2 h 17 min ago

13 km/h

ENE

Cross-Shore

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