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Yzerfontein surf break

Yzerfontein surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 09 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 2.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Yzerfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Yzerfontein at 7AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
!
!
!
2
1
0
!
!
3
3
2
1
0
0
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
WSW
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.8
S
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111111108899999141481313121212121221
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)162519681968187213381300103713951440985755482373305390458509519479479520494435823
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
35
S
40
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NE
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.34
7:41PM
1.10
8:05AM
1.24
8:38PM
1.02
9:01AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.34
1:43PM
0.41
1:36AM
0.46
2:37PM
0.49
2:28AM
0.56
3:46PM
0.54
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:47-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818192223222020171620272727242322212325252321
Feels °C (?)171716161817161416131317242223232121212424252120
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