Yzerfontein surf break

Yzerfontein surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Yzerfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Yzerfontein at 8AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
4
1
2
!
!
!
0
0
0
!
3
4
3
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)1111111111111112121212111010988101010101077
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8177567015795445446007101494206126442712240717381658129313661451878657540800517414
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
10
WNW
25
S
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
45
S
35
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSW
35
SSW
45
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
1.04
12:38PM
1.14
1:26AM
1.12
1:28PM
1.21
2:06AM
1.21
2:09PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
0.59
7:16PM
0.43
7:30AM
0.51
7:57PM
0.34
8:11AM
0.43
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:50-------5:52-------5:52----
Sunset-------8:00------7:59-------7:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181818202222212019181717182020181716151720201918
Feels °C (?)16171720212020211613109121412121213131618151213
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