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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 11 Feb 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
22.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 12PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010131010111088887710101113131313131316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16113112586133102119596464646685130432432286506421390321317307730
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SSE
5
NE
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
5
WNW
20
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.97
12:57AM
0.90
1:14PM
1.04
2:04AM
1.05
2:05PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
0.73
6:39AM
0.74
7:52PM
0.60
7:57AM
0.61
8:27PM
0.45
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:41------
Sunset----7:02-------7:01-------7:00---
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
---15----111223421--1141
Temp. °C232631272524242323232324232222222222262724232221
Feels °C (?)252833302926252423242526242324242424282826272220
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