Daily Superforecast
asLast update: 22:24 local time
Sunday, Jan 18
Wind
Weather
220°
SW
00h
14 kts
max 24 kts
10° C
10
88%
879 hpa
232°
SW
01h
15 kts
max 23 kts
11° C
11
91%
879 hpa
229°
SW
02h
16 kts
max 23 kts
10° C
10
88%
879 hpa
250°
WSW
03h
15 kts
max 24 kts
9° C
6
91%
879 hpa
253°
WSW
04h
14 kts
max 23 kts
9° C
5
91%
879 hpa
244°
WSW
05h
11 kts
max 21 kts
8° C
5
93%
879 hpa
252°
WSW
06h
10 kts
max 21 kts
8° C
5
93%
880 hpa
247°
WSW
07h
13 kts
max 19 kts
9° C
9
87%
880 hpa
246°
WSW
08h
15 kts
max 19 kts
9° C
9
83%
881 hpa
246°
WSW
09h
16 kts
max 19 kts
11° C
11
70%
881 hpa
243°
WSW
10h
16 kts
max 19 kts
13° C
13
59%
881 hpa
231°
SW
11h
17 kts
max 18 kts
15° C
15
45%
881 hpa
219°
SW
12h
17 kts
max 17 kts
16° C
16
42%
881 hpa
206°
SSW
13h
18 kts
max 18 kts
15° C
15
53%
881 hpa
200°
SSW
14h
17 kts
max 17 kts
15° C
15
55%
881 hpa
199°
SSW
15h
17 kts
max 17 kts
16° C
16
49%
881 hpa
197°
SSW
16h
17 kts
max 17 kts
16° C
16
49%
881 hpa
195°
SSW
17h
17 kts
max 17 kts
15° C
15
52%
881 hpa
190°
S
18h
18 kts
max 18 kts
13° C
13
64%
881 hpa
186°
S
19h
17 kts
max 18 kts
11° C
11
75%
882 hpa
181°
S
20h
15 kts
max 18 kts
10° C
10
81%
882 hpa
177°
S
21h
13 kts
max 18 kts
9° C
6
82%
883 hpa
174°
S
22h
12 kts
max 12 kts
9° C
6
83%
883 hpa
168°
SSE
23h
9 kts
max 13 kts
8° C
6
83%
883 hpa
Monday, Jan 19
Wind
Weather
165°
SSE
00h
9 kts
max 12 kts
8° C
5
82%
883 hpa
154°
SSE
01h
7 kts
max 10 kts
7° C
5
91%
883 hpa
144°
SE
02h
5 kts
max 8 kts
6° C
5
95%
882 hpa
132°
SE
03h
5 kts
max 7 kts
6° C
4
93%
882 hpa
101°
E
04h
4 kts
max 5 kts
5° C
4
93%
882 hpa
90°
E
05h
3 kts
max 4 kts
5° C
4
95%
882 hpa
89°
E
06h
4 kts
max 4 kts
5° C
4
99%
882 hpa
64°
ENE
07h
4 kts
max 7 kts
9° C
8
83%
883 hpa
37°
NE
08h
5 kts
max 5 kts
11° C
11
68%
883 hpa
22°
NNE
09h
5 kts
max 5 kts
13° C
13
56%
882 hpa
3°
N
10h
3 kts
max 3 kts
15° C
15
43%
882 hpa
264°
W
11h
1 kts
max 4 kts
18° C
18
32%
882 hpa
204°
SSW
12h
2 kts
max 4 kts
20° C
20
27%
882 hpa
170°
S
13h
4 kts
max 5 kts
22° C
22
24%
881 hpa
167°
SSE
14h
6 kts
max 7 kts
23° C
23
23%
880 hpa
170°
S
15h
10 kts
max 10 kts
23° C
23
27%
880 hpa
171°
S
16h
12 kts
max 12 kts
22° C
22
37%
880 hpa
171°
S
17h
14 kts
max 15 kts
20° C
20
45%
880 hpa
177°
S
18h
16 kts
max 16 kts
18° C
18
47%
881 hpa
175°
S
19h
17 kts
max 17 kts
15° C
15
52%
881 hpa
176°
S
20h
15 kts
max 21 kts
14° C
14
48%
882 hpa
176°
S
21h
16 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
13
52%
882 hpa
175°
S
22h
15 kts
max 23 kts
12° C
12
57%
883 hpa
174°
S
23h
15 kts
max 18 kts
12° C
12
57%
883 hpa
Tuesday, Jan 20
Wind
Weather
170°
S
00h
13 kts
max 17 kts
12° C
12
58%
883 hpa
163°
SSE
01h
10 kts
max 17 kts
12° C
12
65%
883 hpa
142°
SE
02h
5 kts
max 15 kts
11° C
11
74%
882 hpa
124°
SE
03h
4 kts
max 12 kts
10° C
10
82%
882 hpa
122°
ESE
04h
4 kts
max 11 kts
9° C
9
89%
882 hpa
152°
SSE
05h
6 kts
max 16 kts
9° C
9
93%
883 hpa
157°
SSE
06h
7 kts
max 17 kts
10° C
10
96%
883 hpa
154°
SSE
07h
10 kts
max 16 kts
13° C
13
83%
884 hpa
148°
SSE
08h
12 kts
max 14 kts
15° C
15
72%
884 hpa
142°
SE
09h
12 kts
max 12 kts
16° C
16
65%
884 hpa
142°
SE
10h
13 kts
max 13 kts
17° C
17
61%
884 hpa
136°
SE
11h
13 kts
max 13 kts
18° C
18
54%
884 hpa
131°
SE
12h
12 kts
max 12 kts
19° C
19
49%
884 hpa
127°
SE
13h
14 kts
max 14 kts
20° C
20
48%
884 hpa
118°
ESE
14h
14 kts
max 14 kts
20° C
20
47%
883 hpa
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Additional information
General
This is the wind, wave and weather Superforecast for Rietfontein in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing or paragliding.
Superforecast
The Superforecast is based on the best high resolution weather prediction models. The Superforecast is available for Europe, North America, South Africa, Egypt and the Canary Islands. The horizontal resolution is 5 kilometers. The Superforecast is updated 4 times per day. Predictions are available in time steps of 1 hour for up to 3 days into the future. Forecast and Superforecast are based on different physical models and therefore may cause divergent predictions. Due to its higher horizontal resolution the Superforecast tends to be more accurate, especially for locations with a complex topography and local thermal effects. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.Check the Superforecast for Rietfontein when you search for the best travel destinations for your kiteboarding, windsurfing or sailing vacations in South Africa. Or use the Superforecast to find the wind speed today in Rietfontein or to have a look at the wind direction tomorrow at Rietfontein.
Severe Weather Warnings
When a severe weather warning or advisory is provided by the local meteorological institute, we display it as a banner above the wind forecast.The weather warning, for example a high wind warning, can help you prepare for dangerous weather conditions and avoid weather-related risks. The color scale indicates the intensity of the predicted weather event. For more details click or tap on the warning. General information about severe weather warnings can be found in our help section.
Please be aware that severe weather may occur without a prior severe weather warning being reported.
Units
We use knots and degrees Celsius as our default units. These units are often used by sailors, kiters, surfers, windsurfers and paragliders. Use website settings to switch between units and 7 different languages at any time. For converting between wind speed units such as knots, km/h (kilometers per hour), m/s (meters per second), and mph (miles per hour) use our wind speed calculator.