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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 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
20.1° C
(Which is 4.1°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 4AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
3
4
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
3
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211131212121211111112121212111111121212121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)203134810672147429380303288167176221283293497330390320455480671780103333614082
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
1.07
1:30PM
1.20
2:07AM
1.27
2:21PM
1.35
2:48AM
1.45
3:00PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
0.57
7:54PM
0.43
8:16AM
0.40
8:36PM
0.26
8:57AM
0.25
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset------6:45-------6:44-------6:43-
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1---------------------11
Temp. °C202019202322222221201922272523222120192123242018
Feels °C (?)171917192321212222212024272422232119182021221816
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