Bruces Beauties surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Bruces Beauties surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bruces Beauties sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bruces Beauties today?

The current surf forecast for Bruces Beauties at 5AM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ENE
1.6
SSW
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)18181788888899986719181818899159
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1242071841810102111124314133710273464123178222425109514
Wind
(km/h)
45
WSW
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
SW
15
SW
0
S
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
SW
20
SSW
10
N
20
NNW
55
WSW
50
W
45
W
45
W
45
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
1.86
4:18PM
1.66
4:32AM
1.81
4:55PM
1.61
5:11AM
1.71
5:35PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
-0.01
10:12AM
-0.08
10:18PM
-0.00
10:48AM
-0.03
10:57PM
0.07
11:27AM
0.07
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:45-------6:46-------6:46----
Sunset------5:53-------5:52-------5:51-
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1----------------1------
Temp. °C161616171819181817161617222320191915161617181817
Feels °C (?)71091011141417141212131920171714456781112
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Bruces Beauties surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest