Watamu Bay surfForecast / Kenya / Kenya

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 EAT
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Watamu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Watamu Bay sea temperature is
26.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Watamu Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Watamu Bay at 9AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (19 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SE
2
SE
1.2
ESE
1.4
SE
1.4
ESE
1.4
SE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
2
SE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
2
SE
2.1
SE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
Period(s) (?)111111899111110999999998999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)95014036456035625777207647947597207416726667478018648258077767277701357810
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
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-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
2.24
10:17AM
2.70
10:48PM
2.03
11:37AM
2.68
12:29AM
1.96
1:00PM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.78
4:55PM
0.96
4:40AM
0.92
6:31PM
0.91
6:08AM
0.97
7:54PM
0.74
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset------6:23-------6:23-------6:23-
clearpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242424252625252424242425252524242424242525252524
Feels °C (?)242424232422232223232323222221222223222221222322
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9 km/h
SW
23.0
26.0
Air / Water (°C)
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