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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
18.2° C
(Which is 5.3°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 2PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
4
3
3
3
7
2
1
0
2
7
7
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.8
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.7
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
3.5
SW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)9988988812121214141314181716161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3892842341991091611341371533433432456616631187281824066761132711091341370055637140
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
0
SW
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
1.67
4:56PM
1.53
5:06AM
1.59
5:21PM
1.46
5:30AM
1.49
5:45PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
0.08
10:55PM
0.13
11:15AM
0.14
11:20PM
0.21
11:40AM
0.23
11:46PM
0.31
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-6:20-------6:20-------6:22------
Sunset----5:59-------5:58-------5:57---
cloud
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-23111211113111-------
Temp. °C222225242222212020202020201918181818212321191716
Feels °C (?)242628262424222021222121221917151414161815141211
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