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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 8PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 May) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (02 May) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 12s |
| Evening (02 May) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Nahoon Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | Tue 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | 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 | S 12 | S 12 | |
1004 | 890 | 876 | 761 | 589 | 569 | 519 | 492 | 418 | 403 | 338 | 284 | 188 | 143 | 133 | 140 | 170 | 171 | 163 | 199 | 235 | 547 | 464 | 389 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | |
High Tide | 4:05PM1.94m | 4:13AM2.04m | 4:33PM1.92m | 4:39AM1.98m | 5:01PM1.87m | 5:06AM1.90m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:56AM0.48m | 10:01PM0.54m | 10:24AM0.49m | 10:30PM0.59m | 10:52AM0.53m | 10:59PM0.66m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | |
— | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
Temp °C | 24 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | ENE 7 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 6 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
1004 | 890 | 876 | 761 | 589 | 569 | 519 | 492 | 418 | 403 | 338 | 284 | 188 | 143 | 133 | 130 | 57 | 171 | 163 | 199 | 91 | 547 | 464 | 389 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | SSE 15 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | S 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | S 10 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 12 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 |
7 | 79 | 51 | 51 | 112 | 72 | 42 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 48 | 56 | 52 | 98 | 44 | 44 | 32 | 235 | 24 | 21 | 21 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | 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 | S 10 | SSE 12 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 |
3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 68 | 104 | 140 | 170 | 71 | 75 | 14 | 33 | 51 | 54 | 54 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 7 | — | — | ENE 9 | ENE 3 | ENE 4 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | — | — | — | SSW 4 | SSW 6 | S 6 | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 15 | 63 | 135 | — | — | — | 28 | 77 | 83 | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 249 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 435 | 301 | 0 | 52 | 107 | 4 | 0 |
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