The Point (Gonubie Bay) surf break

The Point (Gonubie Bay) surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 Mar 2026 SAST
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The Point (Gonubie Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Point (Gonubie Bay) sea temperature is
21.5° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Point (Gonubie Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for The Point (Gonubie Bay) at 4PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s

Table - waves today at The Point (Gonubie Bay). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111131514141414141414141313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)140173225123754966799799788674684580537434355350277265193187141139145137
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
WSW
15
W
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
1.40
6:43AM
1.43
7:04PM
1.24
7:30AM
1.23
8:08PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.18
12:25AM
0.24
12:57PM
0.35
1:09AM
0.43
1:52PM
0.52
2:20AM
0.62
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset--6:15-------6:14-------6:12-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------------22--
Temp. °C232222222121212121242322222121233030272321222121
Feels °C (?)222121212020191918201918191818222829272221232221
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