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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.5°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 3AM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)7ft (2.2m)15s
Afternoon (21 Nov)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (21 Nov)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
0
3
1
4
3
4
4
4
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
3
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
2
S
2
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
2.2
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)181616161515141414131313121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)258124882310222420292852201237721531141913761385143915471389124510929557116075961137718672
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSE
20
SE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
1.45
4:04PM
1.53
4:26AM
1.43
4:33PM
1.49
4:56AM
1.40
5:03PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
0.14
9:54AM
0.23
10:16PM
0.16
10:24AM
0.25
10:46PM
0.19
10:55AM
0.30
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise--4:54-------4:54-------4:54-----
Sunset------6:51-------6:52-------6:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------2521
Temp. °C171616222523222018171621242422212119202221202020
Feels °C (?)161515192119191817161421232321202018192421202021
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