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Yzerfontein surf break

Yzerfontein surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 11 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
16.4° C
 (Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Yzerfontein today?

The current surf forecast for Yzerfontein at 6AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
3
4
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212122018171615151413131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50951947947952044243555397313121464141814131665126611441021860700813800699784756
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ENE
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
0
S
0
NNE
5
N
20
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.02
9:01AM
1.15
9:54PM
0.97
10:14AM
1.09
11:23PM
0.98
11:33AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.56
3:46PM
0.54
3:44AM
0.63
5:10PM
0.55
5:21AM
0.64
6:23PM
0.50
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---5:48-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242221232626252220201819212321191818171921222120
Feels °C (?)232121232525242221232021202017151618171919191819
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