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Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Pipe Surf Forecast / South-Africa – Port Elizabeth / South Africa

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 01 am Thursday 16 Feb 2012

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

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Wave Energy Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
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1.7
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1.7
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2.0
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E
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Period (s) (?) 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 7 8 8 8 12 12 12 13
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Max-energy 1450 1248 980 776 789 1090 1190 857 512 400 378 692 368 223 264 247 247 472
Wind
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10
S 20
SSW 25
SW 25
SW 20
SSW 25
ESE 35
E 45
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E 20
ENE 10
SSW 40
SW 25
WSW 10
SSW 15
ESE 10
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Pipe blow from the W
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Pipe sea temperature is 21.3 °C (Statistics for 16 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 23.1 max: 24.6 min: 21.8 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Thu morning, min 20°C on Thu night) Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Thu morning, strong winds from the E by Sat afternoon) Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Mon night) Winds decreasing (strong winds from the E on Sun afternoon, light winds from the NNE by Tue night)
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  clear clear part cloud clear clear rain showers part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud clear clear clear clear part cloud clear clear clear
Summary clear clear some clouds clear clear rain shwrs some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear some clouds clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
High °C 22 22 21 21 21 20 21 21 21 23 25 23 25 22 21 22 22 21
Low °C 21 21 20 20 21 20 20 20 20 22 24 22 24 22 20 20 21 21
Chill °C (?) 22 22 21 21 21 20 21 21 21 23 25 23 25 22 21 22 22 21
Sunrise 5:52 - - 5:52 - - 5:54 - - 5:54 - - 5:56 - - 5:56 - -
Sunset - 19:08 - - 19:07 - - 19:07 - - 19:06 - - 19:05 - - 19:04 -
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Pipe is 6 km (4 miles) from the city of Port Elizabeth. If you plan a holiday in Port Elizabeth, look for hotels and other accommodation in Port Elizabeth. Port Elizabeth has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.