Nahoon Reef surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 16 Apr 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
19.1° C
(Which is 4.0°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 5PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121261515141414141413131312781011111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)328206192270191186186183180161151147142129183208363452346423302198128121
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
ESE
30
SSW
20
NW
20
WNW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
S
20
SSW
5
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoncrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
2.04
3:25AM
2.24
3:45PM
2.10
4:00AM
2.27
4:21PM
2.10
4:36AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.38
9:12PM
0.38
9:40AM
0.31
9:46PM
0.34
10:13AM
0.29
10:21PM
0.35
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset--5:45-------5:44-------5:43-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------22------------
Temp. °C232524232322212330302423242018172021212018181719
Feels °C (?)212120192121212328292222211714131516171815151418
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