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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 26 Nov 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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.1°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 12AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)--
Afternoon (27 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (27 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.8
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.6
SW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212111111998888888888878
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)599499476367298274260198150563576538486463501655695614449341301257255500
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
5
SE
10
W
5
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
1.20
7:52AM
1.19
8:02PM
1.11
9:11AM
1.19
9:34PM
1.07
10:35AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.43
2:02PM
0.59
2:27AM
0.48
3:34PM
0.60
3:48AM
0.50
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise----4:52-------4:52-------4:52---
Sunset6:55-------6:57-------6:58-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
heavy rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------111-1----317----1
Temp. °C282321212223252322222121212226242622202020242724
Feels °C (?)302522222325262223222321212124222425212220212421
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