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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 06 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
17.4° C
(Which is 6.1°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: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
7
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
3
4
4
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)161515141414141413131313141413131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43746536241619391895189518321868173617181567142212941161991760643623496409339333276271
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
20
SW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
SSW
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45PM
1.36
5:55AM
1.37
6:11PM
1.25
6:20AM
1.25
6:42PM
1.13
6:52AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
0.31
12:06PM
0.34
12:12AM
0.43
12:37PM
0.46
12:44AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.59
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:24--
Sunset5:57-------5:55-------5:53-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211917171618222220181717171825272421212324263231
Feels °C (?)151615141416202019171616161623252221212323263230
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