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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 08 May 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
18.5° C
(Which is 4.2°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 1AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 May)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (09 May)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
2
1
4
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SW
8
1.1
SW
9
1.6
SSW
11
1.9
SSW
12
1.9
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5266
4768
4167
3678
2837
2325
1913
1592
1310
1045
901
680
521
365
304
232
190
107
197
595
1030
1064
826
598
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
SE
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
7:47PM1.10m
7:57AM1.07m
9:22PM1.08m
9:44AM1.02m
11:00PM1.15m
11:24AM1.07m
Low Tide
1:53AM0.65m
2:34PM0.56m
3:38AM0.68m
4:09PM0.56m
5:21AM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:46
6:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:21
5:20
5:20
Temp °C
19
15
14
13
12
13
21
22
19
17
16
16
18
19
27
26
21
19
18
16
16
16
20
25
14
11
11
10
9
10
19
19
16
15
12
12
14
16
24
16
13
11
10
7
8
7
13
17
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SW
8
1.1
SW
9
1.6
SSW
11
1.9
SSW
12
1.9
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
Energy kJ
5266
4768
4167
3678
2837
2325
1913
1592
1310
1045
901
680
521
365
304
232
190
107
197
595
1030
1064
826
598
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.4
SW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.4
ENE
4
0.6
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
13
0.5
ENE
9
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SE
13
Energy kJ
80
50
48
29
27
15
15
14
64
48
7
25
91
159
130
101
79
86
65
98
109
50
66
42
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
18
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
17
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.4
SW
6
0.7
ENE
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
9
0.4
SE
11
0.4
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
Energy kJ
49
26
44
91
91
27
26
46
14
14
56
54
54
53
37
35
8
60
45
35
39
32
33
19
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.6
NE
4
0.8
NE
5
1.2
NE
6
0.3
N
2
1.6
ENE
7
0.8
W
3
0.5
WNW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.8
W
4
0.9
W
4
1.1
W
4
0.9
WNW
4
0.6
NW
4
0.3
NW
3
Energy kJ
80
79
10
26
105
1
279
13
6
3
18
28
50
31
12
2
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
7
6
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
Distance (km)
260
1
1
0
0
0
0
121
433
0
0
3
12
0
0
102
308
165
160
335
382
160
116
102
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
4
4
3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
3
2
4
5
4
4
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
9
5
4
4
4
4
4
9
9
7
6
5
4
5
4
4
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