Jongensfontein 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.43° S 21.33° E

Issued: 1 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Jongensfontein sea temperature is

18.8°C

Jongensfontein surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Jongensfontein today (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Jongensfontein at 7PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (30 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 30					Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 14	SW 13	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	465	409	457	463	382	309	231	243	227	223	151	100	215	458	686	874	849	814	891	777	677
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	S	SSE	SSW	E	SSW	SSE	SE	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide				6:09PM1.75m				6:47AM1.62m				7:10PM1.53m					8:04AM1.50m				8:42PM1.37m
Low Tide		11:57AM0.41m				00:28AM0.41m				12:59PM0.59m				1:34AM0.58m					2:32PM0.73m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:02	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	21	20	20	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	18	17	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 14	SW 13	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 10	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
kJ	465	409	457	463	382	309	231	243	227	223	151	100	215	458	686	874	849	814	891	777	677
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 8	E 8	WSW 11	SW 10	E 8	E 8	ESE 9	SW 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9
kJ	175	175	161	120	96	145	140	140	140	64	61	99	145	34	28	49	33	34	33	32	70
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 15	E 7	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SW 11	ESE 10	SSW 10	E 8	E 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 8	SSE 5	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	125	112	28	149	142	90	84	47	57	83	68	61	45	49	35	22	33	12	12	22	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	SW 3	—	SSW 10	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	—	256	124	101	—	27	17	17	13
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Jongensfontein Overberg	Jongensfontein Overberg	Jongensfontein Overberg	Jongensfontein Overberg	Jongensfontein Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Kanon Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	1	1	1
Distance (km)	78	78	78	0	0	0	0	0	180	78	78	52	8	56	78	180	8	8	78	78	78
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg				Dolphin Point	Dolphin Point	Dolphin Point	Dolphin Point	Dolphin Point	De Kelders			Gourits Mouth	Dolphin Point	Vleesbaai		Gansbaai	Dolphin Point	Dolphin Point		Hawston	Hawston
Rating (10 max)				3	3	3	3	3	3			2	2	2		4	4	4		4	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cape St Martin West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Hoek Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4
Header Global	Lebu Chile	Mangamaunu New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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