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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 16 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 5.8°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 8AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (16 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111113131312121212121212121211111111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147119141357469419461461483483483446446475522560486401394394242242275260
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
WSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
5
WSW
0
E
10
ESE
20
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
S
20
SW
5
NNW
10
W
25
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off		offglassononononcrosscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
1.39
2:39PM
1.41
2:58AM
1.55
3:08PM
1.53
3:26AM
1.68
3:38PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
0.31
8:37AM
0.30
8:45PM
0.17
9:06AM
0.16
9:12PM
0.05
9:35AM
0.04
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:11-------6:11-------6:13----
Sunset------6:29-------6:28-------6:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232323222524242222222324262625242424232525252323
Feels °C (?)232426242726272423232628282625252625262824222326
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