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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 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 5AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
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
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.6
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)810121211111111111111111111101010101010111066
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)185396583521337263268217217202198194191229216208167161164177181138170263
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
0
E
0
W
0
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
1.33
2:05PM
1.31
2:25AM
1.49
2:39PM
1.43
2:56AM
1.61
3:10PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
0.37
8:11PM
0.28
8:40AM
0.24
8:43PM
0.17
9:09AM
0.14
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:18----
Sunset------6:07-------6:06-------6:05-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------1------221--1--1
Temp. °C192019202323222120202020222222232322222223242323
Feels °C (?)192019202322222322222222232223242423242324242223
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