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Nahoon Reef surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 2.9°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 9AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 17). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121211111111111111111010131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24824423623623223218617916717617612615815812191112173166222339529605655
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SSE
15
ESE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
5
W
10
WSW
0
WNW
20
SSW
30
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
SSE
20
ESE
20
ENE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
1.96
3:10PM
1.94
3:25AM
2.10
3:39PM
2.04
3:55AM
2.20
4:10PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
0.54
9:07AM
0.50
9:14PM
0.42
9:36AM
0.38
9:42PM
0.33
10:06AM
0.30
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---6:07-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------6:23-------6:22-------6:21-
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C232121232526262424232325262524242322212225252524
Feels °C (?)252223252727262324262529262325252423222427252523
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