Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 08 Sep 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 17.8° C
(Which is 1.8°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: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Evening (08 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	14s

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

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		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	899	919	1042	1290	1219	1259	1257	1131	1015	888	808	718	621	652	746	809	851	712	568	531	470	380	401	346
Wind (km/h)	W	W	NE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	N	WSW	W	WSW	SSW	S	S	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:54AM 1.67				4:13PM 1.83				4:26AM 1.69				4:45PM 1.85				4:59AM 1.66					5:18PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	9:51PM 0.01				9:58AM -0.08				10:23PM -0.05				10:29AM -0.10				10:56PM -0.05					11:01AM -0.07

		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	24	24	22	22	24	22	20	22	25	22	21	19
Feels °C (?)	21	20	21	19	19	18	17	17	18	19	19	18	22	22	21	23	23	23	19	21	23	21	22	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) (calm at West Bank wx 142 km from Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)). A 2.5m groundswell from the S
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