Nahoon Reef surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 05 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
22.3° C
(Which is 1.7°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 1AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
!
!
!
2
3
4
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.6
SW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)1212121212121212121111111169111111121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27827820620620316115815815611510914098223791213622263001183917171549149613241193
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
WNW
20
WSW
5
NNW
5
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
NW
5
WNW
20
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
E
15
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
2.01
5:15AM
2.11
5:23PM
1.96
5:40AM
2.03
5:48PM
1.88
6:04AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
0.32
11:19AM
0.41
11:24PM
0.38
11:45AM
0.49
11:50PM
0.48
12:11PM
0.59
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----6:00-------6:01-------6:01--
Sunset6:38-------6:37-------6:37-------
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rain showers
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
--31----2111------11111-
Temp. °C262522222223242424232322212020222019191919181920
Feels °C (?)282923262525262527272722161313141314161819171716
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