Bulletinset for METAREA 7 Edition date (UTC): 2026-04-23 12:20:12 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQZA31 FAPR 230830 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 23rd OF APRIL 2026 AT 08:30 UTC. FOR SOUTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY REUNION, SEE AREA 2 BELOW. NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS. ====================== COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO. AREA 1: ======= FORECAST VALID FROM 231000 TO 241000 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: ==================== Nil SYNOPTIC CHART 06:00Z ===================== High 1032 hPa 37s29e AREA FORECAST: ============== ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W): WIND : SE 10 to 20. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers in the extreme north in the second half of the period. ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N): WIND : SW 05 to 15 in the south-east at first, otherwise S to SE 10 to 15. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers in the north-east. ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W): WIND : SE 15 to 20 in the north, otherwise variable 05 to 10 becoming SE 10 to 15 in the south-west towards the end of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the south- west. TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST): WIND : S to SE 10 to 20, but variable in the north-east and south-west. VIS : Good. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, with S to SE swell. TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W): WIND : NW 15 to 25 in the north-east otherwise SW 15 to 25. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in frontal band of showers and thundershowers in the north-east. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0 in the south-west, with W to NW swell. CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E): WIND : NW 15 to 25 in the south-west and E to SE 15 to 25 in the north- east at first, becoming variable 05 to 15 in the second half of the period, otherwise variable 05 to 10. VIS : Moderate in showers and rain in the south-west, otherwise good. SEA STATE: 3.0 in the north-east and south-west at first subsiding towards the mid-period, with S to SW swell. CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E): WIND : NE 15 to 25 in the south-west but SE 15 to 25 in the south-east otherwise, anticyclonic 05 to 10 over the central at first drifting eastwards toward the end of the period. VIS : Moderate to poor in frontal band of showers and thundershowers in the north-east at first. SEA STATE: 4.0m in the east in the first half of the period, with W to SW swell. DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : S to SE 15 to 25 in the west, spreading to the south and south- east in the second half of the period, otherwise E to NE 10 to 20. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in frontal band of showers and thundershowers in the east. SEA STATE: 4.0 to 4.5m in the west, drifting to the central and south-east in the second half of the period, with S to SW swell. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : SE 10 to 15 in the north-east, otherwise S to SE 15 to 20, reaching 25 to 30 in the south. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the south-west and the north. SEA-STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the south, with S to SE swell. MADAGASCAR EAST (10S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : E to SE 05 to 15. VIS : Moderate in showers and thundershowers in places over the north and central parts, otherwise good. MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E): WIND : W to SW 10 to 20 reaching 25 to 30 in the south. VIS : Good. SEA STATE: 4.5 to 5.0m subsiding to 3.0m in in the north-west in the second half of the period, with W to NW swell. AREA 2: ======= MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) 26/04/23 AT 0600UTC AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (Wind gusts may be about 40% stronger than the averages given here). PART 1: WARNING - Gale force 8 over southern CRO and southern KER. PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26/04/23 AT 0000UTC - Cold front axis 36S/50E, 50S/64E, moving eastwards. - High1027 hPa near 33S/80E, moving slowly eastwards. PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26/04/23 at 0600UTC to 26/04/24 at 0600UTC WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E) Rain, showers and frontal grains. WIND: Northwest 4 to 6 from north to south ahead of the front, baking South to Southeast 4/5 behind, reaching locally 6/7 near the front. SEA: Moderate ahead the front, rough behind. Southwest Swell 2/4m behind the front. VISIBILITY: Very poor under precipitation. AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E) Rain and frontal showers in the south-west. WIND: Northern half: High 2/4. Southern half: North-westerly 4/5, increasing 5 to 6 from north to south ahead of the front, backing later South-Westerly 4/5 behind in the south-west. SEA: Moderate, but rough behind the front. VIS: Poor in rain. CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E) Rain showers and frontal squalls. WIND: South-westerly 5/6, locally 7 in the north and 6/7, locally 8 in the south, but north-westerly 6/7 with violent gusts in the north-east ahead of the front at the start. SEA: Rough to very rough. Westerly swell 3/5m behind the front. VIS: Very poor with rain. KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E) Showers and frontal squalls. WIND: North-westerly 6/7 locally 8 with violent gusts ahead of the front, reaching locally 8 in the south, backing behind to Westerly 5/6 then 6/7 in the north and 7/8 with gusts in the south. SEA: Rough to high from north to south. North-westerly swell 3/4m near the front and south-westerly swell 3/4m behind. VIS: Very poor with rain.