Yzerfontein 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.33° S 18.16° E

Issued: 1 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Yzerfontein sea temperature is

16.0°C

Yzerfontein 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 Yzerfontein today (27 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Yzerfontein at 6AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Afternoon (27 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (27 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon).
	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	3	2	1	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	WSW 19	WSW 18	SW 17	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	415	375	272	173	169	128	128	98	174	140	106	102	251	559	805	2419	2207	2381	1922	2222	1974	1622	1427	1250
Wind (km/h)	S	S	ENE	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		3:31AM1.56m				3:41PM1.66m				4:11AM1.53m				4:23PM1.59m				4:54AM1.46m					5:08PM1.48m
Low Tide				9:32AM0.08m				10:00PM-0.03m				10:12AM0.11m				10:41PM0.05m				10:57AM0.19m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	15	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	17	19	21	19	17	17	16	16	18	21	21	20	18	18
Feels °C	14	14	15	17	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	16	18	16	14	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 12	WSW 13	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13
kJ	415	375	272	173	169	128	128	98	174	140	106	102	127	292	620	2419	2207	2381	1922	2222	1974	1622	1427	1250
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 9	S 6	SW 9	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	W 10	W 9	W 9	W 9	WSW 19	WSW 18	SW 17	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	—	—	NW 12	NW 12	W 12
kJ	10	15	31	22	31	95	89	82	67	60	57	41	251	559	805	7	7	7	7	—	—	6	6	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 9	SW 13	SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	W 15	—	S 6	WSW 20	W 9	WSW 9	NW 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	21	30	29	31	58	20	40	39	4	—	3	41	40	26	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	27	28	27	14	20	22	12	13	19	52	106	113	79	54	42	42	54	157	224	144
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Captains Cape Town	Silwerstroom West Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Haakgat Cape Town	Haakgat Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Haakgat Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Captains Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	50	21	0	71	435	91	52	52	50	0	0	91	91	91	175	54	54	0	54	59	91	435	175	50
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast	Doring Bay	Doring Bay	Strandfontein	Heaven			Heaven	Heaven		Doring Bay	Strandfontein						Doring Bay	Doring Bay	Doring Bay	Heaven
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2			2	1		2	2						4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Wedge Durban/KZN South	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Long Beach Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	7	5	7	5	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9

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