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Santos Reef surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 SAST
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Santos Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santos Reef sea temperature is
22.0° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santos Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Santos Reef at 4AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

Table - waves today at Santos Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.9
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111111107781313131514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45455961279157156036631731731131130524837345643566972196015251592154814231285
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
20
E
20
ESE
20
SE
10
ESE
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
1.94
3:02PM
1.92
3:18AM
2.09
3:33PM
2.02
3:48AM
2.20
4:05PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
0.38
8:57AM
0.33
9:05PM
0.26
9:27AM
0.20
9:34PM
0.16
9:58AM
0.12
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
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Sunset------6:46-------6:45-------6:44-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121212122212121212122232120202020202124242321
Feels °C (?)242322212122212223242325231919192021212225242324
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