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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
19.6° C
(Which is 3.9°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 10AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
3
4
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
2
E
2.1
E
0.8
SSW
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111010101514141313781288820191817161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)573466382260250204275423646513414434496189501520493493630677708803500573
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
40
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
1.28
8:20PM
1.07
9:05AM
1.18
9:27PM
0.97
10:23AM
1.10
11:24PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29PM
0.55
2:24AM
0.51
3:31PM
0.63
3:25AM
0.62
5:06PM
0.66
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:09-------5:09-------5:11------
Sunset----7:19-------7:19-------7:19---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202022232322222323253030292523232228333328252424
Feels °C (?)212021212222232324252929282524242227313132292626
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