Yzerfontein Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.33° S 18.16° E

Yzerfontein 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Yzerfontein sea temperature is
12.8° C
2.5° 

Yzerfontein surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Yzerfontein today (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Yzerfontein at 1PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (04 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (04 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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)
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
1
3
2
1
0
0
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
0.7
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.5
SW
16
2
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
12
3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
573
544
439
375
332
326
249
209
472
1082
1929
2285
2294
2550
3023
3891
4163
3531
3184
3029
2891
2973
3021
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
0
SSW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
15
N
5
NW
0
NNE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:48PM1.41m
7:16AM1.19m
7:39PM1.32m
8:21AM1.10m
8:49PM1.23m
Low Tide
12:25PM0.29m
1:09AM0.31m
1:11PM0.39m
2:06AM0.38m
2:13PM0.48m
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:35
7:35
7:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:10
 mm
3
1
Temp °C
15
15
18
19
17
15
15
13
12
12
15
16
15
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
Feels °C
13
13
17
17
15
12
15
11
10
9
11
11
12
10
10
8
9
11
13
14
10
9
9
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