Curlew Beach

Matzikama Local Municipality, South Africa

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 PM South Africa Standard Time.

Poor

Overhead (1.8 m) at 8 s, heading toward NE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward WNW.

Swell

1.8 m

NE

8 s

Wind

26 km/h

WNW

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.1 m

Rising

Weather

21 °C

Clear

14 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Thursday, September 17, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

2.5 m · 8 s

NE

8 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

0.5 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

1 AM

Good

2.4 m · 8 s

NE

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

0.5 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

2 AM

Fair

2.3 m · 8 s

NE

6 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Overcast · 11 °C

3 AM

Good

2.2 m · 8 s

NE

6 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Overcast · 12 °C

4 AM

Good

2.1 m · 8 s

NE

4 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1 m

Overcast · 12 °C

5 AM

Good

2.1 m · 8 s

NE

5 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Overcast · 12 °C

6 AM

Good

2.1 m · 8 s

NE

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Overcast · 12 °C

7 AM

Good

2.1 m · 8 s

NE

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Overcast · 12 °C

8 AM

Good

2.2 m · 9 s

NE

11 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

1 m

Overcast · 13 °C

9 AM

Good

2.1 m · 9 s

NE

9 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

10 AM

Good

2.1 m · 9 s

NE

11 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 16 °C

11 AM

Fair

2 m · 9 s

NE

14 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Clear · 18 °C

12 PM

Fair

2 m · 9 s

NE

19 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Mostly clear · 19 °C

1 PM

Fair

2 m · 9 s

NE

22 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Light drizzle · 19 °C

2 PM

Fair

2 m · 9 s

NE

22 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Light drizzle · 19 °C

3 PM

Fair

1.9 m · 9 s

NE

16 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 20 °C

4 PM

Good

1.9 m · 8 s

NE

22 km/h · 35 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

5 PM

Poor

1.8 m · 8 s

NE

26 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 21 °C

6 PM

Good

1.8 m · 8 s

NE

23 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 19 °C

7 PM

Good

1.8 m · 7 s

NE

18 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 17 °C

8 PM

Good

1.7 m · 7 s

NE

17 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 16 °C

9 PM

Good

1.8 m · 7 s

NE

19 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

0.8 m

Clear · 15 °C

10 PM

Good

1.9 m · 8 s

NE

22 km/h · 33 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 15 °C

11 PM

Good

2 m · 8 s

NE

25 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

0.5 m

Clear · 14 °C