Jongensfontein surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 24 Apr 2026 SAST
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Jongensfontein surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jongensfontein sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jongensfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Jongensfontein at 2AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (25 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (25 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri night, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds.

Fri
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Mon
27
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
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
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0
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1
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
ESE
8
1.5
E
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
1
E
9
0.9
E
9
1.4
WSW
7
1
SW
7
1
SW
7
0.9
SW
7
1.1
SW
9
2.4
WSW
7
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
SW
10
3.5
SW
11
2.5
WSW
11
3.5
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
286
324
290
252
215
220
225
230
185
153
128
180
93
104
79
202
530
1190
1021
1082
1930
2331
1521
2536
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
NNE
15
WSW
20
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
WSW
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:45PM1.45m
11:29AM1.36m
00:06AM1.58m
12:37PM1.48m
00:57AM1.72m
1:22PM1.60m
Low Tide
4:06PM0.73m
5:27AM0.73m
5:44PM0.66m
6:40AM0.58m
6:44PM0.55m
7:26AM0.44m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
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7:05
7:05
7:05
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6:00
5:59
5:58
5:57
1
2
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
23
22
23
23
23
23
23
22
19
18
18
17
17
17
18
20
15
14
14
14
13
13
15
16
21
19
22
22
22
22
20
20
17
18
18
16
17
18
17
17
6
6
6
5
3
4
6
6
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
ESE
8
1.5
E
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
1
E
9
1.3
SW
6
1.1
SW
6
1
SW
7
1
SW
7
0.9
SW
7
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
2
SSW
10
0.4
E
10
Energy kJ
286
324
290
252
215
220
225
230
185
153
128
108
93
104
79
87
83
57
39
39
29
30
826
31
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.8
SW
11
0.8
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.9
SW
5
0.9
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.3
SW
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
13
0.5
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
Energy kJ
263
210
183
186
185
150
174
97
114
47
127
99
90
64
66
34
20
20
19
18
17
47
31
31
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.2
S
10
0.3
S
10
0.3
S
8
0.3
S
9
0.3
SSW
11
0.2
S
9
0.6
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.5
SW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
SW
10
0.2
SSE
15
Energy kJ
9
8
19
8
17
12
14
24
6
92
90
52
51
40
24
21
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WSW
2
0.4
SW
3
0.6
SSW
4
1.3
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
7
1.1
SW
9
2.4
WSW
7
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
SW
10
3.5
SW
11
2.5
WSW
11
3.5
SW
11
Energy kJ
1
2
9
108
180
202
530
1190
1021
1082
1930
2331
1521
2536
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
4
4
Distance (km)
141
78
103
0
0
0
8
78
78
8
8
52
52
0
0
78
78
192
156
191
927
368
368
264
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
1
1
4
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
7
7
4
6
6
5
4
9
9
8
7
6
6
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