FQZA30 FAPR 011300



WEATHER BULLETIN FOR COASTAL WATERS UP TO 50 NAUTICAL MILES SEAWARD.

ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE

01ST OF JANUARY 2026 AT 13:00 UTC.



FORECAST VALID FROM 012200 to 022200 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.

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COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE

MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO.



ALERTS:

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WARNINGS:

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1. Moderate visibility in showers and thundershowers is expected between

   Cape Vidal and Maputo and over the northern parts of the Mozambique

   Channel.



WATCH:

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Nil.



SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES:

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Nil.



ABNORMAL WAVE CONDITIONS:

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Nil.



AREA FORECAST:

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CUNENE RIVER TO WALVIS BAY:

WIND     : S to SW 10 to 15 reaching 20 towards the end of the period.

VIS      : Good.



WALVIS BAY TO ORANGE RIVER:

WIND     : S 10 to 20 reaching 25 to 30 between Fischersbrunn and Luderitz.

VIS      : Good.



ORANGE RIVER TO CAPE AGULHAS:

WIND     : NW 05 to 15 south of Cape Point until mid-period, otherwise S to

           SW 05 to 15 reaching 20 north of Cape Columbine towards the end

           of the period.

VIS      : Good.

SEA STATE: 2.0 to 2.5m, with S to SW swell.



CAPE AGULHAS TO EAST LONDON:

WIND     : Light and variable, becoming W to SW 05 to 10 west of Cape St

           Francis in the morning spreading eastwards and reaching East

           London in the evening. It will become S 05 to 10 west of Mossel

           Bay by end of the period.

VIS      :  Good.

SEA STATE: 2 to 2.5m, with E swell east of Cape St Francis, otherwise with

           SW swell.



EAST LONDON TO MAPUTO:

WIND     : NW 10 to 20 north of Kosi Bay at first, otherwise S to SW 15 to

           25. It will become SE 10 to 15 north of Sodwana Bay tomorrow

           evening.

VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and thundershowers north of Cape

           Vidal.

SEA STATE: 2.0m to 3.0m, reaching 3.5 to 4.0m south of Richards Bay from

           late morning, with SW swell, but E to NE swell north of Durban

           for the first half of the period.



MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:

WIND     : Variable 05 over the central and eastern parts, otherwise N to NE

           10 to 15 reaching 20 in the extreme south-west.

VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the north.