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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 12 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
18.5° C
 (Which is 5.0°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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (13 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (13 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111111111516161414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)307298312241230226222218239189185150150152212251194203297253241202196169
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
0
NNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
20
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
0.88
12:46PM
0.98
1:38AM
1.04
1:37PM
1.13
2:06AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
0.75
6:27AM
0.77
7:19PM
0.62
7:37AM
0.62
7:52PM
0.46
8:09AM
0.46
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset6:35-------6:32-------6:31-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262322222325282827272626212225252323242423252727
Feels °C (?)222121212325282827272527202124252427272725272726
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