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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 SAST
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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
19.8° C
(Which is 2.7°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 11AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)999999999999998888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9168967026375625055055054613993493043902512041671671351071071071088484
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
5
W
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
10
E
10
SW
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
0.96
12:33AM
0.92
12:41PM
1.02
1:30AM
1.08
1:31PM
1.16
2:00AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
0.75
6:27AM
0.77
7:12PM
0.62
7:32AM
0.62
7:47PM
0.46
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset----6:43-------6:42-------6:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212327272726272626252725242422202021222324232322
Feels °C (?)192226252626262525242625232423191921212325242523
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