Santos Reef Surf and Wind Quality by Season (Garden Route, South Africa)

The charts below show frequency of occurrence of a certain swell or wind in Santos Reef, broken down by both direction and strength (wave height).

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Seasonal Santos Reef Swell and Wind Distribution

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You can also compare this with Santos Reef swell conditioned on favourable winds.

Also see overall Santos Reef surf quality charts (on the guide page) and Santos Reef surf quality by month.