Nahoon Reef surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 16 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
21.4° C
(Which is 2.6°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 7AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (16 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)111414131313121212121212121212121111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)254167102137173208202252244236236232232186179225164164161158939391
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
SE
15
ESE
30
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
10
WSW
5
NNE
5
N
10
SE
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglassoncrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
1.80
2:40PM
1.81
2:57AM
1.96
3:10PM
1.94
3:25AM
2.10
3:39PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17PM
0.69
8:39AM
0.65
8:46PM
0.54
9:07AM
0.50
9:14PM
0.42
9:36AM
0.38
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset------6:24-------6:23-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------21
Temp. °C242322232727262423222223262626242424232426262423
Feels °C (?)242323252928272726222425282725212326262728252525
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