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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 19 Dec 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 4.6°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 2AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (20 Dec)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (20 Dec)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)111110131313131515141413131312121212121413131111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3963262659721487193015043429316427862618177815381180986838725521365553499404289231
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
5
S
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
SSW
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25PM
1.45
3:52AM
1.38
3:57PM
1.47
4:24AM
1.41
4:29PM
1.48
4:56AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.20
9:49AM
0.28
10:12PM
0.17
10:22AM
0.27
10:43PM
0.15
10:55AM
0.28
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise----4:58-------4:58-------4:58---
Sunset7:20-------7:21-------7:21-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------111--------
Temp. °C212020191921222222212121202121222223232221242727
Feels °C (?)192021191922202019181818171717181821202121232523
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