Strandfontein Surf Forecast

/ West Coast (18 surf breaks) /

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

Surf Forecasts:

Strandfontein surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 30 Aug 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 13.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Strandfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Strandfontein at 4AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	13s
Evening (30 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	13s

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

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		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	2	2	2	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3336	2714	2333	2190	1997	1940	1970	2061	2084	1861	1973	1605	1557	1357	1538	1870	2863	3100	3092	2952	2778	2604	2463	2246
Wind (km/h)	S	S	ESE	ENE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SE	SE	E	ESE	SSE	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:57AM 1.19				7:12PM 1.22				7:54AM 1.08					8:21PM 1.11				9:48AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 0.51				12:44PM 0.60				1:26AM 0.62				1:31PM 0.72					2:50AM 0.71				3:39PM 0.80

		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	12	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	19	22	23	21
Feels °C (?)	12	12	12	11	14	11	10	11	11	10	8	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	11	11	16	19	18	17

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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). A 2.5m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
1 hour 52 minutes ago Strandfontein

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29 km away, 1 h 52 min ago

4 km/h

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13.3

Air / Water (°C)

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