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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 07 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 4.4°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 8AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
2
2
0
0
0
3
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
3
SW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
4
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)111111121213131414131312111111111110101114131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61922551284217627913102533028162291168212931031459632546451434367443408573165422391134
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
10
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
E
25
ENE
10
NE
5
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.57
6:23PM
1.41
6:56AM
1.49
6:59PM
1.30
7:34AM
1.39
7:36PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
0.09
12:24PM
0.26
12:31AM
0.17
1:03PM
0.36
1:05AM
0.27
1:43PM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---5:07-------5:07-------5:07----
Sunset------7:19-------7:19-------7:19-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222232524232120192023282727232221202326252422
Feels °C (?)222119181918192020181820262526252520172022222222
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