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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 25 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
20.3° C
(Which is 2.7°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 4PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 25). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (25 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (25 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s

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 31°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon morning).

Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tue
28
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
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.3
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.2
E
9
1.6
SW
7
2
SW
8
2.2
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
187
157
182
182
177
173
149
148
199
305
379
371
361
249
215
553
970
1172
1080
1217
1363
2930
3231
3763
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
S
10
ESE
5
NE
20
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
off
on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:28AM1.04m
00:19AM1.22m
12:45PM1.14m
1:12AM1.35m
1:33PM1.24m
1:50AM1.46m
Low Tide
5:42PM0.54m
6:48AM0.52m
6:49PM0.44m
7:35AM0.39m
7:33PM0.34m
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:35
6:37
6:37
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5:34
5:32
5:31
5:30
1
Temp °C
29
31
25
23
24
23
22
25
31
31
23
22
22
19
17
17
17
19
18
16
14
14
14
15
27
30
25
22
23
22
22
25
31
32
25
25
21
15
13
11
10
11
10
9
7
7
7
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.3
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
0.6
E
10
2.5
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
Energy kJ
187
157
182
182
177
173
149
148
199
305
379
371
361
249
205
137
121
100
100
75
73
1515
1753
2067
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
12
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
12
0.5
S
12
0.4
SSW
11
0.4
SSW
11
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
0.2
SSE
13
0.1
S
13
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
Energy kJ
96
66
67
67
43
43
25
25
24
12
12
11
11
7
18
4
75
52
52
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSW
5
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSW
4
0.2
SSE
14
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
15
Energy kJ
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
22
21
2
21
1
20
4
4
4
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ENE
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.6
ENE
8
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SE
3
0.2
SSW
4
0.7
SSW
4
1.1
SW
4
1.6
SW
7
2
SW
8
2.2
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
12
Energy kJ
257
295
319
3
6
2
2
11
45
215
553
970
1172
1080
1217
1363
2930
3231
3763
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
Distance (km)
0
0
0
76
215
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
30
0
0
170
382
515
644
786
903
573
151
134
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
2
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
8
7
7
6
6
5
8
9
9
8
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
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