WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.
ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE
07th OF MARCH 2026 AT 13:30 UTC.
FOR SOUTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY REUNION, SEE AREA 2
BELOW.
NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS.
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COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO.
AREA 1:
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FORECAST VALID FROM 072200 TO 082200 UTC:
WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METERS. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS THAN 3M.
NOTE THE WIND SPEEDS QUOTED HERE ARE THE EXPECTED AVERAGE SPEEDS.
INDIVIDUAL GUSTS MAY EXCEED THESE VALUES BY A FACTOR OF UP TO 1.5.
WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS, WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER.
GALE FORCE WARNINGS:
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1. CAPE EAST: SW 35 in the southern parts for the first half of the period.
2. DURBAN EAST: S to SE 35 to 40 in the north-west for the first half of the
period.
3. MARION FORTIES EAST: SW to W 35 to 45, in the central and southern parts but
50 to 55 at times in the southern and south-eastern
parts for the first half of the period.
SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z
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High 1028 hPa 38s07e
Low 975 hPa 46s35e
1. Cold front: 35s38e 40s40e 43s40e into 46s35e
AREA FORECAST:
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ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W):
WIND : SE 10 to 20.
VIS : Good but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the north
for the first half of the period.
ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N):
WIND : S to SW 05 to 15 in the east, otherwise SE 05 to 15.
VIS : Good.
ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W):
WIND : Variable 05 to 10 in the south-west, otherwise SE to E 05 to 15,
but NE to E 10 to 20 in the south-east for the first half of the
period.
VIS : Moderate in intermittent rain in places and at times.
TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST):
WIND : S to SE 15 to 25 reaching 30 at times in the south-east for the first
half of the period.
VIS : Good becoming moderate in rain over the western parts for the first
half of the period.
SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the southern parts spreading to the central parts from
mid-period, with S to SE swell.
TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W):
WIND : N to NW 15 to 25 over the western and southern parts, otherwise E to
NE 10 to 20.
VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the
south-west.
SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-west, with S to SE swell.
CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E):
WIND : SE to E 15 to 25 in the north reaching 30 at times in the north-east,
but NW 10 to 20 in the south-west, otherwise anticyclonic 05 to 15.
VIS : Good.
SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m subsiding in the west from the second half of the period,
with S to SE swell.
CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E):
WIND : SW 15 to 25 reaching 30 to 35 in the southern parts for the first
half of the period, otherwise anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the west but N
to NW 10 to 20 in the east reaching 25 in the south-east at first.
VIS : Good, but Moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in places
over the eastern and northern parts.
SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m in the central, western and southern parts, reaching 5.0
to 6.0m in the north-west and southern parts for the first half of
the period, with SW swell.
DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E):
WIND : N to NE 10 to 20 but S to SE 15 to 25 in the west reaching 30 to 40
in the north-west for the first half of the period.
VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the
western and southern parts.
SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m in the west, reaching 5.0m in the north-west for the
first half of the period, with S to SW swell.
MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:
WIND : Variable 05 to 10 in the east, otherwise NE to N 05 to 15 but SE to E
10 TO 20 in the south-east spreading to the southern parts from the
second half of the period and reaching 25 towards the end of the
period.
VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places and at
times.
SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south-west from mid-period, spreading to the
southern parts towards the end of the period , with S to SW swell.
MADAGASCAR EAST (10S/25S, EAST COAST/55E):
WIND : Variable 05 to 10 in the north, otherwise E to NE 10 to 20.
VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places and at
times.
MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E):
WIND : SW to W 20 to 30 reaching 35 to 45, in the central and southern parts
but 50 to 55 at times in the southern and south-eastern parts for the
first half of the period.
VIS : Moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers for the first half of
the period.
SEA STATE: 4.5 to 5.5m reaching 6.5 to 7.5m in the west, spreading to the
central and eastern parts towards mid-period, with SW to W swell.
AREA 2:
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MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)
26/03/07 AT 0500UTC
AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).
PART 1: WARNING
- GALE WARNING FORECAST FOR CRO.
PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26/03/07 AT 0000UTC
- HIGH 1027 NEAR 40S/71E MOVING SLOWLY.
- RELATIVE LOW 1022HPA NEAR 36S/66E, FILLING.
PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26/03/07 AT 0600UTC TO 26/03/08 AT 0600UTC
WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E)
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
WIND : VARIABLE 3 TO 4. INCREASING N THEN NE 5/6 IN SOUTHWESTERN LATER.
SEA : MODERATE.
VIS : GOOD, TEMPORARILY POOR WITH PRECIPITATION.
AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E)
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
WIND : ANTICLOCKWISE 2 TO 4 BUT CLOCKWISE 3 TO 4 AT TIME 5 OVER SOUTHWESTERN
AREA.
SEA : MODERATE TO ROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST, BECOMING MODERATE.
SOUTHERLY SWELL 2 TO 3 ABATING.
VIS : GOOD TEMPORARILY POOR WITH PRECIPITATON.
CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E)
SHOWERS OVER WESTERN AREA.
WIND : ANTICLOCKWISE 3 TO 5, INCREASING N 5 TO 6 SOON THE, LOCAALY 7 TO 8 OVER
SOUTHERN AREA LATER. SEVERE GUSTS.
SEA : MODERATE, BECOMING ROUGH THEN VERY ROUGH OVER SW. WEST SWELL 2 TO 4 M.
VIS : POOR WITH PRECIPITATION.
KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E)
ISOLATED SHOWERS.
WIND : ANTICLOCKWISE 3 TO 5, BUT W 5 TO 6 OVER SOUTH AT FIRST. GUSTS.
SEA : MODERATE TO ROUGH. S SWELL 2 TO 3M.
VIS : POOR WITH PRECIPITATION.=