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Nahoon Reef ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.7
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Wind and kite surfing: 2.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Nahoon Reef Surf Forecast / South Africa

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 19 pm Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

Nahoon Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.9
SSW 		1.9
SSW 		1.7
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SSW 		1.6
SSW 		1.3
SSW 		1.7
SSW 		2.2
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Period (s) (?) 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 11 11 14 14 13 4 12 12
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Max-energy 1294 1236 949 800 669 510 852 1609 1430 805 495 247 113 121 118 10 159 147
Wind
(km/h) 		15 NE 15 ENE 20 ENE 15 SW 25 SSW 15 SSW 10 SSE 30 ESE 30 E 30 ENE 45 ENE 50 ENE 30 NE 20 NE 10 E 20 WSW 10 SSE 10 E
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Nahoon Reef blow from the WNW
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Today's Nahoon Reef sea temperature is 26.4 °C (Statistics for 15 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 24.2 max: 25.8 min: 23.0 °C)
Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri morning Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 20°C on Fri morning) Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the ESE by Sat afternoon) Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night Very warm air temperatures (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 20°C on Sat night) Winds decreasing (near gales from the ENE on Sun afternoon, light winds from the E by Mon afternoon)
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Summary some clouds clear clear some clouds rain shwrs cloudy some clouds rain shwrs light rain rain shwrs some clouds some clouds clear clear clear rain shwrs clear some clouds
Rain (mm) - - - - 1 - - 2 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
High °C 22 25 25 23 21 21 21 20 20 22 24 24 23 28 30 24 23 22
Low °C 22 23 24 21 20 21 20 20 20 20 22 24 22 24 28 21 22 22
Chill °C (?) 22 25 25 23 21 21 21 20 20 22 24 24 23 28 30 24 23 22
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Sunset - - 18:59 - - 18:58 - - 18:57 - - 18:55 - - 18:53 - - 18:52
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Nahoon Reef is 7 km (4 miles) from the city of East London. If you plan a holiday in East London, look for hotels and other accommodation in East London. East London has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.