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Nahoon Reef surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
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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
19.6° C
(Which is 3.1°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: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (03 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 11s |
| Evening (03 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Nahoon Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 116mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 33°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 12 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | ESE 6 | S 11 | |
569 | 522 | 483 | 483 | 403 | 338 | 284 | 188 | 181 | 133 | 140 | 127 | 171 | 163 | 251 | 235 | 232 | 236 | 464 | 383 | 357 | 121 | 160 | 116 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | on | on | on | on | |
High Tide | 4:13AM2.04m | 4:33PM1.92m | 4:39AM1.98m | 5:01PM1.87m | 5:06AM1.90m | 5:32PM1.80m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:24AM0.49m | 10:30PM0.59m | 10:52AM0.53m | 10:59PM0.66m | 11:21AM0.60m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 19 | |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
18 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 13 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 7 | S 12 | S 12 | ENE 8 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 |
569 | 522 | 483 | 483 | 403 | 338 | 284 | 188 | 181 | 133 | 130 | 98 | 171 | 163 | 251 | 235 | 232 | 104 | 464 | 383 | 21 | 121 | 119 | 116 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | S 10 | SSW 5 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | SSW 12 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
72 | 42 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 50 | 55 | 51 | 54 | 42 | 74 | 37 | 31 | 33 | 236 | 20 | 20 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 90 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | S 18 | SW 18 | S 17 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 10 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SW 11 | SW 12 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SW 9 | SW 12 | SSE 10 | SE 10 |
7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 68 | 104 | 140 | 127 | 71 | 43 | 43 | 101 | 112 | 35 | 51 | 52 | 22 | 53 | 10 | 4 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | E 2 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | NE 7 | — | S 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | S 6 | — | — | — | S 11 | SE 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 |
— | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 23 | 84 | 139 | 145 | 139 | — | 2 | 6 | 42 | 39 | 82 | — | — | — | 357 | 103 | 160 | 309 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 249 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 129 | 129 | 0 | 204 | 237 | 301 | 404 |
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