Nahoon Reef surf break

Nahoon Reef surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 SAST
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Nahoon Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nahoon Reef sea temperature is
20.4° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nahoon Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nahoon Reef at 4PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (15 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212678101112121212121515141414141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)535456128168227363486569400313206144270191186186183180163151147142129
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
10
NE
5
NW
15
NNE
10
N
15
SE
20
SW
5
ENE
10
N
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
oncross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
2.02
2:38PM
1.93
2:51AM
2.15
3:11PM
2.04
3:25AM
2.24
3:45PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.50
8:38PM
0.48
9:07AM
0.38
9:12PM
0.38
9:40AM
0.31
9:46PM
0.34
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise-6:28-------6:30-------6:30------
Sunset----5:45-------5:45-------5:44---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1311-----------3---
Temp. °C212023222220191818192325242323222423302821232523
Feels °C (?)191719171920201919192121202022232522292820242523
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