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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 08 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
20.3° 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 11PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
3
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211111111111110151514141414141314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73762349640933933327626620919811611282795189144183173173131135126136
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
S
5
N
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
1.13
6:52AM
1.12
7:31PM
1.00
7:53AM
0.99
10:33PM
0.94
11:19AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.59
1:37AM
0.70
3:04PM
0.69
4:46AM
0.77
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:24-------6:24--
Sunset5:53-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242122232425322525232323222430282625262323242626
Feels °C (?)232122232324322526232323222531282726272323242726
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