Big Bay
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Measured live: Wind2Speed
This is where the live wind measurement from the “Big Bay Life Saving Club” station at Wind2Speed appears: direction, average and gusts, straight off the anemometer.
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Detailed forecast (Windguru)
Windguru's forecast for Big Bay.
The cape-town.at forecast and Windguru won't always agree — that's exactly why it's here. Always compare the two!
Model: GFS 13 km
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This is where the Windguru forecast table appears: 24 columns of wind, gusts, direction and swell for the days ahead.
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Conditions
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- NOWSWSSWSSSESE
- Surf
- · offshore at ENE–ESE · from 1 m swell
Disciplines
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- Kite
- Windsurf
- Surf
- Prone foil
About the spot
The spot right in front of Blouberg. Depending on the angle of the south-easter the wind comes in side-on, side-shore or side-off — anything is possible.
Hazards
Swell and shore break right across the bay. Very busy in high season.
Launch & parking
Further upwind at Small Bay the entry is a little easier — the better choice for beginners and wingfoilers.
Wind source
ECMWF via Open-Meteo · Forecast
Cape correction: The ECMWF model runs on a 9 km grid and cannot resolve the Cape’s thermal wind — so in wind from southerly to westerly directions (SE to W) it reads low. Only then do we show the model value times 1.15 (mean) and times 1.25 (gusts). In every other direction, such as the north-westerly frontal winds, we apply no correction — the model resolves those. The factors are our estimate from local knowledge (as of 17 September 2026), not a measurement; they will be replaced once the comparison with measured values is in. Above a 40 kn model mean we apply no correction.
Measured live: Wind2Speed. There is a real anemometer at the spot — the Wind2Speed station “Big Bay Life Saving Club”. These values are measured, and for right now they are the better answer than any forecast, ours included. We embed the display and do not read the numbers out, so our assessment above stays a forecast. Thanks to Wind2Speed for letting us show their stations here. wind2speed.africa
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