FQZA30 FAPR 221300 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR COASTAL WATERS UP TO 50 NAUTICAL MILES SEAWARD. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY 2025 AT 13:00 UTC. FORECAST VALID FROM 222200 TO 232200 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 FOG IS EXPECTED BETWEEN LUDERITZ AND CAPE COLUMBINE 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. 3. MODERATE VISIBILITY IN LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS IS EXPECTED IN THE CAPE AGULHAS AREA, SPREADING TO PORT ELIZABETH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WATCH: ------ NIL. SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES: -------------------------- NIL. ABNORMAL WAVE CONDITIONS: ------------------------- NIL. AREA FORECAST: -------------- CUNENE RIVER TO WALVIS BAY: WIND : S TO SE 10 TO 20. VIS : GOOD. WALVIS BAY TO ORANGE RIVER: WIND : S TO SE 10 TO 20, REACHING 25 SOUTH OF FISCHERSBRUNN TOWARDS END OF PERIOD. VIS : GOOD, BUT POOR TO VERY POOR IN FOG BETWEEN LUDERITZ AND ORANGE RIVER UNTIL MID-PERIOD. SEA STATE: 2.0 TO 2.5M SOUTH OF FISCHERSBRUNN TOWARDS END OF PERIOD, WITH S TO SW SWELL. ORANGE RIVER TO CAPE AGULHAS: WIND : SW TO S 05 TO 15, BECOMING SE 15 TO 25 NORTH OF CAPE COLUMBINE FROM MID-PERIOD, SPREADING TO CAPE AGULHAS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. VIS : GOOD, BUT POOR TO VERY POOR IN FOG BETWEEN ORANGE RIVER AND CAPE COLUMBINE UNTIL MID-PERIOD. SEA STATE: 2.0M, REACHING 2.5M SOUTH OF CAPE COLUMBINE TOWARDS END OF PERIOD, WITH SW SWELL. CAPE AGULHAS TO EAST LONDON: WIND : E TO NE 05 TO 15, BUT W TO SW 05 TO 15 WEST OF MOSSEL BAY, SPREADING TO PORT ELIZABETH BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL BECOME SE 05 TO 15 BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. VIS : GOOD, BUT MODERATE IN LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS IN THE CAPE AGULHAS AREA, SPREADING TO PORT ELIZABETH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEA STATE: 2.0 TO 2.5M WITH S TO SW SWELL, BUT WITH E SWELL EAST OF ALGOA BAY. EAST LONDON TO MAPUTO: WIND : E TO NE 10 TO 20 SOUTH OF PORT ST JOHNS AT FIRST, OTHERWISE S TO SW 10 TO 20, REACHING 25 NORTH OF KOSI BAY TOWARDS MID-PERIOD. VIS : MODERATE TO POOR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IN PLACES. SEA STATE: 2.0 TO 3.0M, WITH E SWELL. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : CYCLONIC 15 TO 25 IN THE SOUTH, OTHERWISE NW TO N 15 TO 25 REACHING 30 IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS TOWARDS MID-PERIOD. VIS : MODERATE TO POOR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IN PLACES. SEA STATE: 3.0 TO 3.5M IN THE SOUTH, SPREADING TO CENTRAL PARTS BY MID-PERIOD, WITH S TO 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=