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Yzerfontein surf break

Yzerfontein surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 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
16.5° C
 (Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Yzerfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Yzerfontein at 3PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 2.1m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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
Mon
12
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
2
1
0
!
!
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111111108899999141488131212121212201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196818721776130010371395144010646764823732793904585115114794794654424355658971342
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
WSW
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.34
7:41PM
1.10
8:05AM
1.24
8:38PM
1.02
9:01AM
1.15
9:54PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:47-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part 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. °C181922232220201716202726282423222022262524212020
Feels °C (?)161618171613151313172421242321212022252422202021
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