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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 26 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
19.9° 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 1PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (26 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (26 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 33°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Mon afternoon).

Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wed
29
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
11 PM
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
5
7
7
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.2
E
9
1.7
SW
7
2.1
SW
9
2.5
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.3
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
4
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
13
5
SSW
13
3.5
S
13
3.5
S
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
148
148
171
266
386
377
362
249
263
657
1220
1220
1088
1490
3008
3317
3417
3865
4176
4885
5681
7489
4189
4013
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
ENE
10
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:45PM1.14m
1:12AM1.35m
1:33PM1.24m
1:50AM1.46m
2:10PM1.34m
Low Tide
6:48AM0.52m
6:49PM0.44m
7:35AM0.39m
7:33PM0.34m
8:10AM0.28m
8:08PM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:35
6:37
6:37
6:37
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5:32
5:31
5:30
5:30
1
Temp °C
25
26
31
33
29
25
22
19
17
17
19
21
17
16
14
14
14
15
19
19
18
16
15
14
23
24
30
34
29
27
22
16
13
11
11
13
10
9
7
7
6
7
11
11
12
11
10
10
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
2.5
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
S
13
3.5
S
13
3.5
S
13
3.5
S
13
Energy kJ
148
148
171
266
386
377
362
249
205
140
121
102
104
75
1599
1723
1831
2137
2429
3030
3794
4135
4189
4013
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.2
SSW
11
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
13
0.1
S
13
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
E
10
Energy kJ
25
25
24
12
12
11
11
7
7
4
75
52
51
50
50
50
49
49
49
31
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
15
0.1
SW
15
Energy kJ
5
23
21
21
21
20
8
4
4
8
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NW
2
0.3
NW
3
0.3
SE
2
0.4
ESE
3
1
NE
5
0.7
SW
4
1.2
SW
5
1.7
SW
7
2.1
SW
9
2.5
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.3
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
4
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
13
5
SSW
13
Energy kJ
1
1
1
2
43
12
71
263
657
1220
1220
1088
1490
3008
3317
3417
3865
4176
4885
5681
7489
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
5
4
6
4
4
4
4
4
6
6
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
12
1
102
165
327
515
677
809
1099
572
140
134
151
382
382
460
460
322
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
5
4
6
6
6
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
5
5
5
6
4
4
5
5
5
6
6
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
5
6
7
7
8
9
8
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
7
9
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