Bulletinset for METAREA 7 Edition date (UTC): 2026-10-30 14:24:22 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQZA31 FAPR 301330 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 30th OF OCTOBER 2026 AT 13:30 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 302200 TO 311220 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 12:00Z ===================== High 1024 hPa 33s05e, High 1027 hPa 35s41e AREA FORECAST: ============== ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W): WIND : E to SE 05 to 15. VIS : Good. ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N): WIND : SW 05 to 15 in the east, otherwise SE to E 05 to 15. VIS : Good. ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W): WIND : E to SE 05 to 15 but variable 05 to 10 in the south-west first. VIS : Good but moderate in showers and rain in the south-west spreading to the south from second half of the period. TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the south-west, otherwise S to SE 15 to 20, reaching 25 in the extreme south-east. VIS : Good. TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the north-east, otherwise W to NW 10 to 15 becoming variable 05 to 10 towards from the mid-period. VIS : Good but moderate in showers and rain in the north-east but over the south-west towards the end of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0, with W to SW swell at first. CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 but S to SE 15 to 20 in the north-east while becoming SW 10 to 20 in the south-east from second half of the period. VIS : Good but moderate in rain showers in the north-west. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south and south-west with W to SW swell. CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 but NE 20 to 25 in the extreme north- west while becoming S 10 to 15 in the extreme south-west during the second half of the period. VIS : Good. SEA STATE: 3.0 with SW swell except over the north-west where it will be NE swell. DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : E to NE 05 to 15 in the west reaching 20 to 25 in the extreme south-west, otherwise SE 10 to 20. VIS : Good but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the east during the first half of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the extreme east and south-west, with E to SE swell. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : S to SE 10 to 20 reaching 25 in places in the south-east. VIS : Moderate in showers and thundershowers in the northern-eastern at first, otherwise good. SEA STATE: 2.5 to 3.0m in the south, with S to SE swell. MADAGASCAR EAST (10S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : NE 10 to 15 but cyclonic 10 to 15 in the south becoming light and variable during the second half of the period. VIS : Good but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the central and southern parts. MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E): WIND : W to NW 15 to 25. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the north. SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m except in the north, with W to SW swell. AREA 2: ====== MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) 26/10/30 AT 0500UTC AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE). PART 1: WARNING - GALE OVER AMS AND KER. PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26/10/30 AT 0000UTC - HIGH 1033 NEAR 33S/78E SLOWLY MOVING NORTH-EASTWARD.- FILLING LOW 990 NEAR 47S/64E, WIYTH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CF AXIS 25S/50E, 30S/55E, 33S/60E, 37S/65E, 40S/67E, 43S/70E, 45S/54E, ALL STEADILY MOVING EASTWARD. PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26/10/30 AT 0600UTC TO 26/10/31 AT 0600UTC WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E) FRONTAL RAIN (CF), SHOWERS AND SQUALLS AT TIMES THUNDERY. SCATTERED SHOWERS BEHIND BUT FRONTAL RAIN AND SQUALLS OVER NORTHWESTERN AT END. WIND: NORTHERLY 5/6 LOCALLY 7 AHEAD OF THE FRONT AT FIRST, VEERING SOUTHEASTERLY 4/5 BEHIND, LOCALLY 6 OVER NORTHWESTERN AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. SEA: MODERATE TO ROUGH OVER NORTHERN, BUT ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER SOUTHERN BY S SWELL 3 TO 4M ABATING LATER. CROSSED SEA OVER NORTHEASTERN AT FIRST. VISI: VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E) FRONTAL RAIN (CF), SHOWERS AND SQUALLS OVER SOUTHERN.WIND: NORTHERLY 5/7 OVER SOUTHERN, LOCALLY 8 AT FIRST, BACKING WESTERLY 3/5 LOCALLY 6 LATER.NORTHERLY 4/5 OVER NORTHERN, BACKING WESTERLY LATER. GUSTS. SEA: MODERATE OVER NORTHERN, BUT ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER SOUTHERN BY NW SWELL 2 TO 4 M, BECOMING W AND ABATING 2 TO 3 M LATER. VISI : POOR OR VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E) SCATTERED SHOWERS. WIND: NORTHERN HALF: SOUTHERLY 5/7 OVER EASTERN AT FIRST, AND 4/5 ELSEWHERE, VEERING WESTERLY 4/6 LATER.SOUTHERN HALF : SOUTHWESTERLY 5/6 VEERING WESTERLY SOON. SEA: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. N SWELL 3 TO 4M AHEAD OF THE FRONT, BUT S SWELL 3 TO 4M BEHIND THEN ABATING. LONG SW SWELL 3 TO 5M LATER OVER SOUTHERN. VISI: POOR OR VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E) FRONTAL RAIN, SHOWERS AND SQUALLS.WIND: CLOCKWISE 6/7 AT TIMES 8 WITH SEVERE GUSTS. DECREASING SOUTHWESTERLY 5/6 FROM WEST SOON, THEN WESTERLY 5/6 LOCALLY 7 OVER SOUTHERN AT END. SEA: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. SW SWELL 3 TO 4 OVER EASTERN ABATING THEN NW SWELL 3 TO 5M SPREADING GRADUALLY FROM WEST. LONG SW SWELL 3 TO 4M OVER SOUTHWESTERN AT END. VISI : POR OR VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION.=