Nahoon Reef surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 20 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
19.5° C
(Which is 3.5°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 5PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
1
2
!
4
4
3
3
2
0
1
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
5
5
5
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
3
SW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121313131414141414141313131313131313141517161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28461684142035211621128511119888748377672719450741834997471849302789283431144035370932632942
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
25
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
1.96
5:54AM
1.99
6:23PM
1.84
6:40AM
1.80
7:18PM
1.69
7:40AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
0.43
11:37PM
0.54
12:06PM
0.56
12:22AM
0.70
12:51PM
0.73
1:18AM
0.88
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:33-------6:35
Sunset--5:39-------5:38-------5:37-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212321191615151622232220171616161920181816161515
Feels °C (?)1313131413121213181919151210991011121414141313
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