Strandfontein Surf Forecast

/ West Coast (18 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (31.79° S 18.23° E)

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Strandfontein surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 SAST

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Strandfontein surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Strandfontein sea temperature is 13.1° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Strandfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Strandfontein at 10PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (21 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	3	4	2	2	0	2	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	!	!	!	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	409	421	409	471	718	801	1446	1459	1179	1127	1006	695	614	723	553	754	1144	1436	2148	1918	1589	1632	1365	1525
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	ENE	NE	NE	N	SW	SSW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:58PM 1.70				3:20AM 1.61				3:26PM 1.67				3:48AM 1.59				3:54PM 1.62				4:17AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 0.10				9:23AM 0.22				9:42PM 0.13				9:50AM 0.25				10:08PM 0.18				10:17AM 0.31

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	25	24	24	28	35	21	21	17	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	13	14	15
Feels °C (?)	16	18	21	21	21	22	30	16	19	16	13	13	12	14	14	13	11	12	11	10	10	11	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Strandfontein (calm at Vredendal 29 km from Strandfontein). 1.2m 5s windswell from the SSW with a 1.1m 12s groundswell from the SW and a 0.3m 19s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 39 minutes ago Strandfontein

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29 km away, 1 h 39 min ago

4 km/h

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13.1

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