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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 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
17.2° C
(Which is 6.2°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 2PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)141414141313131314141313131312121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1895185818321868173617081708142212941161991852737623504409339333276271209198116112
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
SE
10
NE
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
1.37
6:11PM
1.25
6:20AM
1.25
6:42PM
1.13
6:52AM
1.12
7:31PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.34
12:12AM
0.43
12:37PM
0.46
12:44AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.59
1:37AM
0.70
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:22-------6:22-------6:24------
Sunset----5:55-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161822222019181717182527242122242325333027222321
Feels °C (?)141721201818171616172224222122242225333028222321
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