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Jongensfontein surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 29 Jan 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
22.5° 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 4PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121212121211111110101817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1584134812061026993836822734671671647578518456403347326302260328962165128392768
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
E
30
E
25
E
20
ESE
10
E
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
W
10
WSW
10
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
5
E
5
NE
5
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
1.66
1:52AM
1.63
2:07PM
1.81
2:41AM
1.83
2:54PM
1.95
3:21AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:44PM
0.43
8:02AM
0.47
8:34PM
0.25
8:52AM
0.29
9:15PM
0.11
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:52-------5:54
Sunset--7:43-------7:42-------7:40-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222322212121212123232322232323232322222121212122
Feels °C (?)181917171820212224232424262424232320212223232324
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