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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 19 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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (19 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
1
1
2
3
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
2.5
E
1.1
SSE
2.4
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.4
E
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
E
1
S
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)12131312121212121313131312912999912129119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1927167616471209103610319028199568788517286281171379950670481332293246229256194
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
5
W
0
W
15
ESE
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
20
ENE
5
NNW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
SSW
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
1.37
2:45PM
1.52
2:56AM
1.47
3:13PM
1.62
3:23AM
1.54
3:39PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:26PM
0.33
8:33AM
0.23
8:56PM
0.21
9:00AM
0.13
9:23PM
0.13
9:26AM
0.07
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise---6:01-------6:00-------5:58----
Sunset------6:00-------6:01-------6:01-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C151515171919191818181718232623212119171721212019
Feels °C (?)121213171715141313131214192222231616151620202017
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off winds at Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) are now cross-shore so expect speed-bumps in the surf (moderate winds from the SW at SHIP6931 49 km from Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)). A 3.2m groundswell from the S is too big for here

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49 km away, 47 min ago

22 km/h
SW
0.0
17.3
Air / Water (°C)
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