Vetchs Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.86° S 31.05° E

Vetchs Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vetchs Reef sea temperature is
20.6°C
0.8° 

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Vetchs Reef today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Vetchs Reef at 1PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (16 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 81mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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)
3
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
E
10
1.8
E
10
1.8
E
10
1.8
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.6
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.4
E
10
3.5
SE
9
3
SE
9
3
SE
9
3
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
627
643
656
669
592
524
452
394
340
340
340
347
340
331
369
407
390
318
354
1684
1645
1477
1311
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
N
15
ENE
15
SE
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
S
35
SSE
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
glassy
cross
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:58AM1.71m
6:12PM1.73m
6:23AM1.56m
6:36PM1.57m
6:49AM1.41m
7:02PM1.40m
Low Tide
12:00PM0.46m
00:22AM0.55m
12:24PM0.62m
00:49AM0.70m
12:49PM0.79m
clear
clear
clear
clear
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rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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5:52
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5:50
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5:47
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5:49
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1
1
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2
2
3
3
3
7
9
10
12
10
8
4
2
1
2
Temp °C
20
21
24
23
21
20
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
Feels °C
20
20
22
22
16
16
13
13
13
13
12
13
13
12
11
14
12
14
13
12
13
15
17
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