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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 05 Feb 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
22.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 10PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 05). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)--
Afternoon (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1111101111111112121289111111111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186183173143364115186156158211151207169166200196189185182204200239200196
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
25
N
15
N
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
S
15
SSE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
E
15
ENE
10
NW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:54PM
1.48
6:17AM
1.58
6:22PM
1.38
6:44AM
1.46
6:49PM
1.27
7:11AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
0.09
12:25PM
0.24
12:25AM
0.19
12:53PM
0.34
12:51AM
0.32
1:22PM
0.45
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset7:14-------7:13-------7:12-------
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-1-----------1---15---12
Temp. °C262424232223252524232222222224272723232222242424
Feels °C (?)302324222022232424242423232324262524262324272524
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