Bulletinset for METAREA 7 Edition date (UTC): 2026-05-02 23:17:37 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQZA31 FAPR 021730 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 02nd OF MAY 2026 AT 17:30 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 022200 TO 032200 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: ==================== 1. TRISTAN: W to SW 35 in south-east and east until mid-period. SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z ===================== High 1023 hPa 33s23w, High 1016 hPa 23s39e Low 1002 hPa 41s42e, Low 1002 hPa 36s48e 1. Cold Front: 28s43e 31s48e 34s50e into 36s48e AREA FORECAST: ============== ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W): WIND : E to SE 10 to 20. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the extreme northern parts. ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N): WIND : S to SE 10 to 20, but SW 05 to 15 in the east. VIS : Good. ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the central southern parts, otherwise E to SE 10 to 20, but NE to N 10 to 20 in the south-west. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the central parts as well as in the south-west towards the end of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east, with S to SW swell. TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST): WIND : Anti-cyclonic 05 to 15 in the west and south-east, otherwise S to SE 10 to 20 reaching 25 in the north-east from the second half of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate in rain in the south-west for the first half of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-west, with SW swell. TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W): WIND : Anti-cyclonic 05 to 15 in the east, otherwise W to SW 15 to 25 reaching 30 to 35 in south-east and east until mid-period. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers, in the south-east as well as in the west towards the end of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m reaching 4.5 to 5.5m in the south-east and east as well as the south-west from the second half of the period, with W to SW swell. CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E): WIND : W to NW 15 to 25 reaching 30 in the east and south-east but SW 15 to 25 reaching 30 in the west spreading to the central parts from the second half of the period. VIS : Moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers, but good in the north-east. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m reaching 4.5 to 5.0m in the west, with W to SW swell. CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E): WIND : SW 10 to 20 in the north and east, becoming W to NW 15 to 25 in the west during the first half of the period reaching 30 from mid-period. It will become NE 10 to 20 in the north-east from the second half of the period. VIS : Good but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the south-east for the first half of the period and in the west from the second half of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, with SW swell. DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : W to NW 10 to 20 in the east reaching 25 to 30 in the south- east at first, otherwise SW 10 to 20 in the south and central parts, spreading to the east by mid-period. It will be anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the west but NE 10 to 20 in the south-west towards the end of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the south-east and east. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m, except in the north-west, with S to SW swell. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : S to SE 10 to 20 reaching 25 in the south-east from mid-period. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places in the north for the first half of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east from the second half of the period, with S swell. MADAGASCAR EAST (10S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : SE 10 to 20, but anti-cyclonic 05 to 15 in the south. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in places over northern and south-western parts. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the east and south at times, with S to SW swell. MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E): WIND : Cyclonic 20 to 30 in the north-eastern parts, otherwise anti- cyclonic 05 to 15 but W to NW 15 to 25 in the west spreading to the south from the second half of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the north-east for the first half of the period as well as in the west and south-west from mid-period. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, with W to SW swell. AREA 2: ======= MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) 26/05/02 AT 1700UTC AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE). PART 1: WARNING - GALE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CRO AND SOUTH KER. PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26/05/02 AT 1200UTC - HIGH 1022 HPA NEAR 36S/70E, MOVING EASTWARDS. - DEEPENING LOW 999 HPA NEAR 41S/41E WITH ASSOCIATED FRONTS, EXPECTED 988 HPA NEAR 45S/61E AT END. PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26/05/02 AT 1800UTC TO 26/05/03 AT 1800UTC WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E) RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS, LOC STORMY SQUALLS. WIND: NORTHERLY TO NORTH-WESTERLY 5/6 NEAR THE FRONT, REACHING LOCALLY 7 IN THE SOUTH, BACKING WESTERLY 4/6 FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BEHIND. INCREASING WEST TO SOUTH-WESTERLY 6/7 IN SOUTH-WEST QUARTER LATER. SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 3/5 METERS, ABATING. VIS : POOR TO VERY POOR DURING RAINFALL. AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E) RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS IN THE WEST AT THE END. WIND: VARIABLE ANTICLOCKWISE 2/4, SETTLING SOON NORTH-WESTERLY 5/6, LOCALLY 7 IN THE SOUTH-WEST WITH THE FRONT. SEA : ROUGH, VERY ROUGH IN THE SOUTH AT FIRST. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 3/4 METERS, ABATING OVER WEST. VIS : POOR IN PRECIPITATION. CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E) RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS, LOC STORMY SQUALLS. WIND: BECOMING SOON BY WEST CLOCKWISE 6/7WITH GUSTS, REACHING 8 WITH VIOLENT GUST IN THE SOUTH-EAST LATER. DECREASING SOUTHERLY 3/4 IN THE SOUTH-WEST AT END. BUT AT FIRS, NORTH-WESTERLY 4/5 INNORTH-EAST AND VARIABLE2/4 IN SOUTH. SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 4/6 METERS, ABATING DURING THE DAY. VIS : POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E) RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH, THEN LATER IN THE NORTHWEST. WIND: NORTHERN HALF: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 4/5, INCREASING NORTHERLY 6/7 WITH GUSTS LATER IN WEST WITH THE FRONT. SOUTHERN HALF: VARIABLE 2/4, TEMPORARILY WESTERLY 4/5, INCREASING LATER, EASTERLY TO NORTH-EASTERLY 6/7, LOCALLY 8 IN THE WEST WITH APPROACH OF THE LOW SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH, TEMPORARILY HIGH IN THE FAR SOUTH AT FIRST. WESTERLY TO SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 4/6 METERS, ABATING 2/4 METERS AT THE END. VIS : POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION.