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Witsand

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South Africa, Port Beaufort, Witsand, South Africa
Coordinates: -34.4002, 20.8482
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Extremely flat water behind the sandy spit in the Breede River estuary. And on low tide more sandbars appear offering even more areas with very flat water. The ocean side has small to medium waves. Big sandy spit with lots of space. Main direction is SE, so it blows into the river mouth. This means, the ocean side has onshore winds and the river side has offshore winds. Summer water temp 22°C. Winter water temp 16°C. Normally wetsuit is needed, but at high summer just shorts. Water: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Smallwave, Mediumwave. Features: Parking. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

2 kn

NW · gusts 3 kn

Waves

0.9 m

9s period

Swell

0.8 m

Tide

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Updated 24/08/2026, 00:01:02

Forecast

Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30NW00:00W06:00SE12:00SE18:00N00:00NW06:00E12:00SE18:00E00:00E06:00E12:00E18:00E00:00N06:00SE12:00SW18:00NE00:00NE06:00S12:00SW18:00W00:00NW06:00SE12:00SW18:00W00:00W06:00W12:00SW18:00
Wind scale
Max 40 kn
Max 2.0 m waves
Updated 24/08/2026, 00:01:03

Data: Open-Meteo

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Hazards

And on low tide more sandbars appear offering even more areas with very flat water. This means, the ocean side has onshore winds and the river side has offshore winds.

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