FQZA30 FAPR 211300 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR COASTAL WATERS UP TO 50 NAUTICAL MILES SEAWARD. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 21ST OF FEBRUARY 2025 AT 13:00 UTC. FORECAST VALID FROM 212200 TO 222200 UTC: WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METRES. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS THAN 2M. 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 THAT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER. THESE ESTIMATES OF WINDS AND WAVES DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ENHANCING EFFECTS OF THE AGULHAS CURRENT OFF THE SOUTH AFRICAN EAST COAST. 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. ALERTS: ======= WARNINGS: --------- 1. POOR TO VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN MIST OR FOG PATCHES IS EXPECTED IN PLACES BETWEEN FISCHERSBRUNN AND SALDANHA BAY UNTIL MID-PERIOD. 2. MODERATE TO POOR VISIBILITY IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IS EXPECTED IN PLACES OVER THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, AS WELL AS BETWEEN EAST LONDON AND MAPUTO, BUT BETWEEN ALGOA BAY AND EAST LONDON AT FIRST. WATCH: ------ NIL. SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES: -------------------------- NIL. ABNORMAL WAVE CONDITIONS: ------------------------- NIL. AREA FORECAST: -------------- CUNENE RIVER TO WALVIS BAY: WIND : S TO SE 10 TO 20, BUT SW 05 TO 15 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VIS : GOOD. WALVIS BAY TO ORANGE RIVER: WIND : S TO SE 05 TO 15, BUT SW 10 TO 20 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VIS : GOOD, BUT POOR TO VERY POOR IN MIST OR FOG PATCHES IN PLACES BETWEEN FISCHERSBRUNN AND ORANGE RIVER UNTIL MID-PERIOD. ORANGE RIVER TO CAPE AGULHAS: WIND : VARIABLE 05 TO 10 AT FIRST, OTHERWISE S TO SW 05 TO 15, BECOMING SE 05 TO 10 BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. VIS : GOOD, BUT POOR TO VERY POOR IN MIST OR FOG PATCHES IN PLACES BETWEEN ORANGE RIVER AND SALDANHA BAY UNTIL MID-PERIOD. SEA STATE: 2.0M SOUTH OF HERMANUS, WITH SW SWELL. CAPE AGULHAS TO EAST LONDON: WIND : W TO SW 05 TO 15, BECOMING VARIABLE 05 TO 10 FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VIS : GOOD, BUT MODERATE TO POOR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS BETWEEN ALGOA BAY AND EAST LONDON AT FIRST. SEA STATE: 2.0 TO 2.5M WITH E SWELL, BUT WITH SW SWELL WEST OF ALGOA BAY. EAST LONDON TO MAPUTO: WIND : E TO NE 10 TO 20 REACHING 25 IN PLACES SOUTH OF RICHARDS BAY UNTIL TOWARDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WHILE BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 SOUTH OF PORT SHEPSTONE, SPREADING TO MAPUTO BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. VIS : MODERATE TO POOR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IN PLACES. SEA STATE: 2.0 TO 3.0M, WITH E SWELL. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : NW TO N 15 TO 25 IN THE NORTH, OTHERWISE CYCLONIC 10 TO 20 BUT SE TO E 15 TO 25 IN THE SOUTH. VIS : MODERATE TO POOR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IN PLACES. SEA STATE: 3.0 TO 3.5M IN THE SOUTH, WITH SE SWELL. WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS EMAIL MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. THE EMAIL MAY BELONG TO YOU, OTHERS, AND OR TO YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND WHICH WE WILL PROCESS, WHICH PROCESSING WILL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PRIVACY NOTICE ON OUR WEBSITE - HTTPS://WWW.WEATHERSA.CO.ZA/HOME/PRIVACYNOTICE=