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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 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
17.9° C
(Which is 5.2°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 1AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)7910111211111111111111111011101010101066610
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2876211216180715461106860806690634572533314209286245240245289240143138171131
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
10
SE
15
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:47AM
1.33
2:03PM
1.30
2:23AM
1.48
2:38PM
1.41
2:54AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
0.41
8:04AM
0.36
8:10PM
0.27
8:39AM
0.23
8:41PM
0.16
9:08AM
0.13
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:22-------6:22--
Sunset6:13-------6:12-------6:09-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211918181718212120201919202022222322212222232526
Feels °C (?)171717161517201919212020212223222220192122232323
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