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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 27 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 2AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. 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)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
E
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
SSW
0.6
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
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
Period(s) (?)12128111111116116710111211111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1421401601571511141108086103138333534521337263268221217202202198191229
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
5
N
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
0
S
0
W
0
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
1.15
1:21PM
1.17
1:49AM
1.33
2:05PM
1.31
2:25AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
0.58
7:19AM
0.53
7:33PM
0.42
8:06AM
0.37
8:11PM
0.28
8:40AM
0.24
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:16--
Sunset6:09-------6:07-------6:07-------
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-11---332--------------
Temp. °C252423222221222121211919191923232121202020202222
Feels °C (?)262525242422221921221919191923222123222222212323
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