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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 28 Oct 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.9°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: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (28 Oct)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (28 Oct)8ft (2.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Fri
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
5
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212121212121616161514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)345030702795242121461968186217001674152415711520138414071546147738392107497240963418283120461658
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
SW
20
ESE
35
E
45
E
45
ENE
50
NE
40
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
1.10
6:55PM
1.10
8:04AM
1.01
8:29PM
1.00
10:27AM
1.03
10:56PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
0.60
1:32AM
0.56
2:15PM
0.70
3:23AM
0.61
4:47PM
0.68
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Fri
31
Sunrise-5:16-------5:15-------5:13------
Sunset----6:35-------6:36-------6:37---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151718181818181817181820191817161618192020191817
Feels °C (?)121616151617171917151416161715141518171514121111
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