Vetchs Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.86° S 31.05° E

Vetchs Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vetchs Reef sea temperature is
20.2°C
1.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Vetchs Reef today (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Vetchs Reef at 12PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 02). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (02 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 34°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the SW by Thu night).

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
E
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
9
1.2
NE
7
1.3
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
2.3
ENE
8
2.5
ENE
9
1.8
ENE
9
1.4
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
153
159
137
116
112
90
69
69
54
152
202
270
679
1106
525
333
88
88
79
64
48
49
51
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
NE
10
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
S
20
SSE
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
6:14AM1.78m
6:36PM1.81m
6:50AM1.63m
7:14PM1.63m
7:38AM1.45m
8:11PM1.44m
Low Tide
12:20PM0.36m
00:47AM0.49m
12:57PM0.54m
1:31AM0.65m
1:46PM0.74m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:40
5:42
 mm
2
1
2
1
Temp °C
21
20
21
20
20
19
19
18
19
26
34
32
27
25
22
22
21
21
19
19
18
18
18
Feels °C
22
19
19
19
22
20
21
18
18
23
28
27
24
24
17
17
18
19
15
14
12
12
14
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