Noordhoek Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Noordhoek surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 SAST

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Noordhoek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Noordhoek sea temperature is 18.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Noordhoek today?

The current surf forecast for Noordhoek at 6AM is: 8.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	28ft (8.5m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	21ft (6.5m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	18ft (5.5m)	13s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	9525	9894	20491	30291	24751	18524	13369	10448	8165	7191	6702	6611	6852	5808	5139	4766	4262	3511	3340	2983	2932	2690	2591	3195
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	W	W	W	WNW	WSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:36PM 1.30					11:56AM 1.30				12:34AM 1.36				1:15PM 1.46				1:36AM 1.49				2:00PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				5:42AM 0.83				6:38PM 0.82				7:10AM 0.71				7:41PM 0.66				7:54AM 0.57

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	13	10	7	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	9	8	9	11	11	10	10	11	12	10	10	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Noordhoek (strong winds from the W at Port Elizabeth Airport 10 km from Noordhoek). A 7.0m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here
1 hour 58 minutes ago Noordhoek

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1 h 58 min ago

48 km/h

Cross-Off

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