Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Jongensfontein today (19 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Jongensfontein at 3AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (19 Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (19 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Jongensfontein. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SE 11 | SW 9 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 275 | 263 | 225 | 256 | 574 | 555 | 614 | 722 | 1012 | 1233 | 1229 | 868 | 729 | 659 | 562 | 478 | 293 | 314 | 422 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 6:30PM1.97m | 6:42AM1.68m | 7:08PM1.83m | 7:22AM1.52m | 7:49PM1.67m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:47AM0.35m | 12:47PM0.35m | 1:27AM0.49m | 1:22PM0.51m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Feels °C | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 10 |
| kJ | 275 | 263 | 225 | 190 | 574 | 555 | 614 | 81 | 108 | 142 | 1098 | 868 | 729 | 659 | 562 | 478 | 231 | 314 | 292 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 12 | SSE 11 | S 11 | SE 9 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 198 | 198 | 191 | 256 | 153 | 112 | 67 | 50 | 33 | 33 | 139 | 164 | 154 | 110 | 280 | 303 | 293 | 298 | 303 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | S 11 | E 10 | SE 9 | S 10 | E 10 | SSW 14 | E 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SE 13 | ESE 12 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SW 11 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 144 | 190 | 221 | 181 | 31 | 39 | 75 | 17 | 81 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 44 | 99 | 16 | 8 | 142 | 172 | 422 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 12 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 722 | 1012 | 1233 | 1229 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 44 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Jongensfontein surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest