Jongensfontein 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.43° S 21.33° E

Issued: 7 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Jongensfontein sea temperature is

15.7°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 (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Jongensfontein at 2AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	12s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Evening (10 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).
	Fri 9			Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	4	3	0	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	1939	1500	1209	1107	1013	928	990	1457	1637	1589	1541	1408	1204	1167	971	824	667	646	614
Wind (km/h)	SSW	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	WNW	W	WSW	SW	S	SE	E	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross
High Tide	2:45PM2.13m				3:05AM1.98m				3:15PM2.16m				3:34AM1.99m				3:44PM2.13m
Low Tide			9:05PM0.05m				9:08AM0.11m				9:33PM0.03m				9:36AM0.12m				9:59PM0.06m


	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	16	15
Feels °C	13	14	14	14	12	13	13	15	13	13	16	15	14	14	17	15	15	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	1939	1500	1209	1107	1013	928	990	1457	1637	1589	1541	1408	1204	1167	971	824	667	646	614
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 4	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 5	ESE 5	E 6	E 10
kJ	70	68	65	45	45	45	44	43	41	43	7	42	42	42	42	14	17	17	90
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SW 20	—	SW 18	SW 18	E 9	WSW 12	—	—	E 9	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 6
kJ	—	—	15	—	12	12	42	57	—	—	42	5	6	7	13	42	43	46	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 9	E 4	E 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	141	13	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Kanon Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Jongensfontein Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Jongensfontein Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	1
Distance (km)	156	52	56	78	121	121	141	141	141	121	80	0	8	0	8	192	141	141	103
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Rating (10 max)		4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	4	5	6	6

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