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Jongensfontein surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 21 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
22.3° 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 1PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
1
0
0
1
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212131316161515151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7916696476475785785877467397877991527193324274204427944684286465148354562397837083256
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
15
WSW
30
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
1.95
5:34AM
2.05
5:43PM
1.89
6:07AM
2.02
6:18PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
0.21
11:19PM
0.09
11:43AM
0.23
11:49PM
0.14
12:19PM
0.27
12:23AM
0.23
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:45------
Sunset----7:46-------7:46-------7:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181921212120201919202221212019191718192019181817
Feels °C (?)141517161718191920201815161515161516161716161816
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