Riet River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Riet River today (06 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jun, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jun, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Riet River at 11AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.1m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am June 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jun)	10ft (3.0m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Jun)	5ft (1.6m)	11s
Evening (06 Jun)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sat night, strong winds from the WSW by Mon afternoon).
	Saturday 6							Sunday 7								Monday 8								Tue 9
	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)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	SSW 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1331	1271	1088	616	724	686	750	705	667	593	582	582	561	551	332	187	416	229	621	1380	517	528	640	700
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	W	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off
High Tide		6:50AM1.23m				7:36PM1.25m				7:40AM1.16m					8:32PM1.24m				8:45AM1.10m				9:39PM1.25m
Low Tide				1:09PM0.36m				1:44AM0.52m				1:59PM0.41m					2:50AM0.54m				2:59PM0.45m


	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:11
	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	5:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1
Temp °C	13	12	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	15	17	20	20	18	17	17	18	17	19	18	15	16	15	15
Feels °C	8	7	11	13	15	14	12	11	10	11	14	17	17	14	13	13	14	13	14	10	9	9	9	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13
kJ	1011	903	749	616	505	686	750	705	667	593	582	582	561	551	469	460	441	418	410	347	517	528	640	700
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 8	S 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	418	411	366	603	724	380	322	232	184	144	112	96	282	350	332	187	416	229	621	—	290	242	200	159
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 8	S 8	SSW 8	SSW 13	SW 9	SW 12	S 7	—	—	—	E 10	E 10
kJ	123	123	90	136	123	116	138	136	122	118	118	178	63	34	19	156	38	134	4	—	—	—	242	202
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 3	ENE 4	—	W 3	WSW 3	SW 13	WSW 7	SW 8	SW 8	SW 8
kJ	1331	1271	1088	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	6	—	2	10	1380	403	434	450	266
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Kellys Beach Eastern Cape (S)
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	16	16	4	0	0	0	167	329	191	127	20
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3			4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	7	9

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