Bulletinset for METAREA 7 Edition date (UTC): 2026-01-08 08:27:19 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQZA31 FAPR 080830 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 08TH OF JANUARY 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 081000 TO 091000 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 1024 hPa 34s09w Low 994 hPa 40s20e 1. Cold Front: 31s13e 36s19e 39s23e into 40s20e. AREA FORECAST: ============== ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W): WIND : E to SE 05 to 15. VIS : Good. ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N): WIND : S to SE 05 to 15, but SW 05 to 10 in the east. VIS : Good. ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W): WIND : SE 05 to 15. VIS : Good. TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST): WIND : S to SE 05 to 15 reaching 20 in the extreme south-east. VIS : Good. TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15, but NW 15 to 25 in the extreme south- west spreading to south in the second half of the period. It will become SW 10 to 15 over the extreme south-west by the end of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate in rain showers in the south-west towards the second half of the period. CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E): WIND : S to SW 10 to 20 reaching 35 in the extreme south-east at first. It will become anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the west towards mid-period, spreading eastwards in the second half of the period, while becoming SE 20 to 25 in the north-east. VIS : Good. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m, reaching 4.0 to 5.0m in the south in the first half of the period, subsiding from the west in the second half of the period, with W to SW swell. CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 but W to NW 20 to 30 in the south-west drifting to central and east towards mid-period. It will become SW 15 to 25 in the extreme west towards mid-period spreading eastwards in the second half of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the south- west drifting to the south by end of period. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the north-west at first, otherwise 4.5 to 5.5m, with SW swell. DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : NE 10 to 15 in the north-east but NE 25 over the extreme south- west at first, otherwise E to SE 10 to 20. It will become N to NE 10 to 15 in the second half of the period but SW 10 to 20 in the extreme south-west by the end of the period. VIS : Good but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the north and east. SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m in the south-west drifting eastwards to the south-east by second half of the period, with SW swell. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : SE to E 05 to 15 in the south but NW 10 to 20 in the north spreading to the south by the end of the period. VIS : Moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers. SEA STATE: 2.5 to 3.0m, with S to SW swell. MADAGASCAR EAST (10S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : E to NE 10 to 15. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the north spreading to the south from the mid-period. MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E): WIND : W to SW 20 to 30 at first, becoming N to NW 20 to 30 in the west towards mid period, drifting to the east by the end of the period. It will become SW 20 to 30 in the west towards end of the period. VIS : Good, becoming moderate to poor in showers and rain in the west from the second half of the period. SEA STATE: 4.0 to 4.5m but 5.5 to 6.5m in the north, spreading southwards towards mid-period, with W to SW swell. AREA 2: ======= MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) 26/01/08 AT 0500UTC 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 AREA OF KER. - STRONG GALE GALE FORCE 9 OVER SOUTHERN AREA OF CRO. PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26/01/08 AT 0000UTC - LOW 969 HPA NEAR 51S/56E, MOVING RATHER QUICKLY SOUTH-EASTWARD WITH COLD FRONT CF 39/56, 45/60, 48/56. PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26/01/08 AT 0600UTC TO 26/01/09 AT 0600UTC WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E) RAIN, SHOWERS AND SQUALLS OVER NORTHERN AREA. WIND: W 4/5 LOCALLY 6 OVER SOUTHERN AREA AT FIRST THEN ANTICLOCKWISE 2/4 ARRIVING BY NORTHERN AREA. SEA: BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH BY SOUTH-WESTERN AREA. SW SWELL 3 TO 5 M BY SOUTH- WESTERN AREA. VIS: POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E) RAIN, SHOWERS AND SQUALLS. WIND: NW 4/6 BECOMING ANTICLOCKWISE 2/4 AT END. SEA: SLIGHT TO MODERATE BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER SOUTH-WESTERN AREA AT END. SW SWELL 3 TO 5 M OVER SOUTH-WESTERN AREA ARRIVING AT END. VIS: POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E) RAIN, SHOWERS AND SQUALLS UNDER CF THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AT END. WIND: W 7/8 LOCALLY 9 WITH SEVERE GUSTS DECREASING 5/6 LOCALLY 7 LATER.. SEA: VERY ROUGH TO HIGH. NW SWELL 4 TO 5 M SOON. VIS: POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E) RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER SOUTH-WESTERN AREA AT FIRST THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS. WIND: NW 6/7 LOCALLY 8 WITH SEVERE GUSTS OVER SOUTHERN DECREASING 5/6 AT END. SEA: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH LOCALLY HIGH OVER SOUTH-WESTERN AREA. W SWELL 4 TO 5 M SOON BY WESTERN AREA. VISI: POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION.=