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Riet River Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /
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Riet River surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 29 Aug 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Riet River today?
The current surf forecast for Riet River at 10PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 29). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (29 Aug) | 7ft (2.1m) | 15s |
| Evening (29 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Riet River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 2521 | 3006 | 2885 | 2672 | 2139 | 1682 | 1788 | 1576 | 1558 | 1507 | 1470 | 1161 | 1197 | 1002 | 972 | 2147 | 2522 | 1159 | 1005 | 1548 | 1999 | 2146 | 1879 | 1596 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:40PM 1.32 | 6:48AM 1.15 | 7:08PM 1.19 | 7:19AM 1.03 | 7:47PM 1.06 | 8:24AM 0.89 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:53AM 0.44 | 12:51PM 0.47 | 1:27AM 0.56 | 1:24PM 0.60 | 2:29AM 0.68 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)
Continuing clean conditions at Riet River (calm at West Bank wx 5 km from Riet River). A 2.8m groundswell from the SSW
1 h 10 min ago
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