Riet River Surf Forecast

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

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.58° S 26.93° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Riet River surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 11 Nov 2025 SAST

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

Today's Riet River sea temperature is 17.0° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riet River today?

The current surf forecast for Riet River at 9AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 11). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Afternoon (11 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (11 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Tuesday 11							Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Fri 14
	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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	10	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	8	9	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	374	235	195	179	273	224	187	180	305	343	397	523	489	538	479	465	388	489	974	1411	1284	1165	1030	904
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SE	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:44AM 1.19					8:05PM 1.06				9:22AM 1.13				9:58PM 0.99					11:07AM 1.16				11:40PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)				1:59PM 0.57					2:27AM 0.53				3:56PM 0.64				4:13AM 0.57					5:46PM 0.58

	Tuesday 11							Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Fri 14
Sunrise	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	23	23	22	19	19	18	19	21	23	22	21	19	18	18	19	21	21	21	19	18	18	17
Feels °C (?)	15	17	19	18	20	19	19	18	19	20	21	20	19	18	15	13	14	15	16	17	16	17	16	15

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