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Yzerfontein surf break

Yzerfontein surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 SAST
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Yzerfontein surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Yzerfontein sea temperature is
16.3° C
 (Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Yzerfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Yzerfontein at 8PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
2
0
2
3
!
!
!
!
1
0
0
!
!
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
S
2
WSW
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)1112121212121211121212111111111111101289999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)230527363078302626462307201817461302126911721219183822132208190517761568115715551436999686493
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
1.32
6:37AM
1.44
6:54PM
1.21
7:19AM
1.34
7:41PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.23
12:16AM
0.23
12:57PM
0.32
12:54AM
0.34
1:43PM
0.41
1:36AM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------5:46-------5:47-------5:48
Sunset---8:00-------8:00-------8:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212020181717171821212121191817182223222020171620
Feels °C (?)181515151517171718182021181715141817161415131217
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