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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 06 Jul 2025 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Riet River today?

The current surf forecast for Riet River at 4AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (06 Jul)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (06 Jul)15ft (4.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SSW
2
SW
2.3
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
4
SW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151414131313131313121315141414141414141313131212131312121213131313141413141414131313131415141414141214141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)54084389390643971386263497355702563315892114771134655519023637961094237362931192855237624982254202816641336117810481083105310751123140015091883304040473443283325522286213119181780194418592862783611331110147726516437733997316228372573219421031754
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
5
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
25
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
N
15
NW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
35
SW
50
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
W
30
WSW
20
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
1.16
1:04PM
1.05
1:16AM
1.21
1:57PM
1.13
2:05AM
1.28
2:39PM
1.22
2:46AM
1.36
3:17PM
1.31
3:23AM
1.43
3:52PM
1.39
3:58AM
1.48
4:26PM
1.46
4:32AM
1.51
5:00PM
1.51
5:06AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
0.53
6:51PM
0.57
7:44AM
0.45
7:48PM
0.50
8:27AM
0.37
8:33PM
0.42
9:05AM
0.28
9:13PM
0.35
9:40AM
0.20
9:50PM
0.29
10:13AM
0.14
10:26PM
0.24
10:46AM
0.09
11:02PM
0.22
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Sunrise---7:16-------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-------7:15-------7:15-------7:15
Sunset------5:16-------5:16-------5:17-------5:17-------5:19-------5:19-------5:20-----
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Rain (mm)
-----------------------------------------------------11-----
Temp. °C151414131617151314131312151615151413131316192018191716162326262217161615171918182221171518201715141312121414141414141413
Feels °C (?)1010108976454557910111110109121517131412111117192117141315141717141617171312151386643357911111097
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