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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
19.4° C
(Which is 4.1°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: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.8
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)13888888899999988988812121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44762650659659608623887848676561503449334278235121161161161153343337245
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
5
NW
25
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.58
4:17AM
1.71
4:31PM
1.57
4:42AM
1.67
4:56PM
1.53
5:06AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.04
10:27AM
0.04
10:30PM
0.07
10:51AM
0.08
10:55PM
0.13
11:15AM
0.14
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:20-------6:20--
Sunset6:01-------6:00-------5:59-------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1112211--
Temp. °C252322212022282926252323232324222322212019192021
Feels °C (?)232221191920262624282224252626252525232019192121
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