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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 07 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
23.2° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 9PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (07 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
2
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
0.9
E
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)111110666101010105661313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)656463809762836547364197106178225277395430344333333356356403
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
S
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
SE
10
E
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
5
S
5
NE
5
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
1.29
7:12AM
1.35
7:15PM
1.17
7:40AM
1.22
7:45PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53PM
0.33
12:52AM
0.31
1:22PM
0.45
1:19AM
0.45
1:56PM
0.57
1:52AM
0.58
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-------5:37-------5:37-------5:39
Sunset--7:06-------7:05-------7:04-----
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
mod rain
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Rain (mm)
------113443812211--87---
Temp. °C263130252525252626242322232223242827262323222223
Feels °C (?)273131282929292928262424262626283129282727252425
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