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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 13 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
20.2° C
(Which is 3.1°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 7AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212881111111111141313131113666666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1891237984164424030301161019293496512381635399947083206
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
N
10
NW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise---6:26-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset------5:47-------5:46-------5:45-
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-1---------------------3
Temp. °C212019202223232121212123272924242422192023242220
Feels °C (?)222119212323232121212023262925262420171720212222
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