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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 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
19.7° C
(Which is 4.0°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: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
1
0
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.3
SSW
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
E
1.5
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)81288888111111111111121288111177111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43548828425318214413017315812312313316729323729127713513015012611411287
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
10
NE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrossglassoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
1.07
9:01AM
1.04
10:58PM
1.00
12:01PM
1.04
12:58AM
1.15
1:21PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.62
3:50PM
0.65
5:33AM
0.68
6:32PM
0.58
7:19AM
0.53
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:15-------6:16--
Sunset6:12-------6:10-------6:09-------
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-2----------------11---2
Temp. °C252221201919222422212121202328282724232322232423
Feels °C (?)252321201919222423222322202428272827272624252522
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