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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
18.3° 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 9PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)13131313131212121213131313121212121211111111117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)195212215215241220260336236430494494471428421325319309219179119142142114
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
20
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
SE
10
S
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
W
20
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
1.56
4:16AM
1.69
4:30PM
1.55
4:41AM
1.64
4:55PM
1.50
5:05AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
0.03
10:03PM
0.05
10:26AM
0.04
10:29PM
0.08
10:50AM
0.08
10:54PM
0.14
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset--6:06-------6:05-------6:04-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------141-------
Temp. °C272724232322212125252423212121212122212020191919
Feels °C (?)252319202022222226262624202223242422201918171718
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