Hullets Reef surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 08 May 2026 SAST
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Hullets Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hullets Reef sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hullets Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Hullets Reef at 9PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s

Table - waves today at Hullets Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat night, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Sat morning, near gales from the W by Sun afternoon).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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)
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
11
2.2
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.5
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
0.9
SW
13
1
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.4
SE
13
0.5
SE
10
0.5
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5142
5210
5839
5456
4660
4258
3289
2673
2299
2013
1739
1493
1193
911
690
524
415
290
200
122
50
47
74
53
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
30
NNW
45
NW
40
WNW
50
W
45
WNW
35
NW
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
NNW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
7:54PM1.12m
8:03AM1.07m
9:26PM1.11m
9:48AM1.04m
10:56PM1.18m
Low Tide
1:24PM0.51m
2:02AM0.66m
2:39PM0.57m
3:46AM0.67m
4:09PM0.56m
5:19AM0.58m
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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7:01
7:01
7:01
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5:32
5:31
5:30
5:30
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
18
18
17
14
14
13
14
14
10
10
11
10
10
11
11
13
14
15
14
13
14
14
14
12
9
10
7
4
6
3
6
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
11
2.2
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.5
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.1
SE
10
1
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
5
WSW
12
0.5
SE
10
5
WSW
12
4.5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
5142
5210
5839
5456
4660
4258
3289
2673
2299
2013
1739
1493
1193
911
690
524
415
270
200
122
6068
47
6730
5676
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
9
1.7
SSW
9
0.8
WSW
13
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.1
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.5
E
8
0.4
ENE
9
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
Energy kJ
611
485
209
823
813
588
784
844
752
742
658
658
565
526
458
451
386
290
34
25
50
40
74
53
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
16
0.8
WSW
13
0.6
E
10
0.7
WSW
12
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.8
ENE
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
E
6
0.4
E
8
0.4
SW
13
0.3
SE
14
0.4
SE
13
Energy kJ
241
234
318
209
74
123
32
18
17
17
17
15
6
42
16
10
21
45
29
43
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
9
0.8
E
4
0.9
ENE
4
0.8
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
6
0.5
NNW
3
0.9
WNW
4
1.8
WSW
7
3.5
WSW
9
5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
368
16
32
26
40
5
28
340
1842
5439
6497
9435
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
5
1
5
Distance (km)
134
134
18
15
15
15
9
4
4
4
172
164
4
4
4
219
133
466
529
133
133
212
133
133
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
5
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
5
5
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
7
9
5
4
5
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