Vetchs Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.86° S 31.05° E

Vetchs Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vetchs Reef sea temperature is
20.2°C
1.2° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Vetchs Reef at 11PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 33°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
6
1.1
E
7
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
1
E
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
1
NE
7
1.5
NE
7
1.8
NE
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
2.3
ENE
8
2.5
ENE
9
1.7
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
140
169
115
113
157
134
134
112
112
90
90
105
237
398
254
270
662
934
474
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNW
20
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
25
NNW
25
N
25
NE
25
NE
45
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:03PM1.95m
6:14AM1.78m
6:36PM1.81m
6:50AM1.63m
7:14PM1.63m
Low Tide
00:13AM0.35m
12:20PM0.36m
00:47AM0.49m
12:57PM0.54m
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
5:40
 mm
Temp °C
22
22
21
21
22
21
21
21
19
19
19
19
22
30
33
32
27
23
22
Feels °C
25
25
23
23
22
19
20
21
21
21
20
19
20
24
27
28
24
17
18
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