Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 SAST
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Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 3.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) today?

The current surf forecast for Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) at 8PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)7s

Table - waves today at Gonubie Reef (The Lefts). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.8
E
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)11767810121211111111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1106386230144404593521343263268217217202198198191184173170167161164177
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
NE
0
S
0
ESE
5
NE
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
1.17
1:49AM
1.33
2:05PM
1.31
2:25AM
1.49
2:39PM
1.43
2:56AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33PM
0.42
8:06AM
0.37
8:11PM
0.28
8:40AM
0.24
8:43PM
0.17
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:16-------6:18
Sunset--6:07-------6:07-------6:06-----
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-122--------------1111-1
Temp. °C252222202020191923232221202020212222232323232222
Feels °C (?)242021202121191923222323222322232323242424242323
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