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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 09 Feb 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
21.3° C
 (Which is 3.0°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: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 09). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)--
Afternoon (09 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (09 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSE
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)12121212121212111111101010108881011136678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34433333936843041638336329527921420616113196120130102905990885690
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
15
N
5
NE
5
W
10
SE
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
N
5
NW
5
W
10
S
15
SSE
5
SE
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		onglassglasscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
1.04
8:20AM
1.08
8:41PM
0.91
10:26AM
0.97
12:57AM
0.90
1:14PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
0.58
2:53PM
0.69
2:55AM
0.72
6:08PM
0.73
6:39AM
0.74
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset7:04-------7:02-------7:02-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1------------12---11-
Temp. °C272526242426302928242322222529282623232322232323
Feels °C (?)292627262528323132282525242731292926252423242526
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