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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 22 Apr 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
18.8° C
(Which is 2.3°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 3AM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (23 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (23 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed night, strong winds from the ENE by Thu night).

Wed
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
8
7
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
SSW
16
5
SSW
16
4.5
SSW
16
4.5
SSW
16
4
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
13
2
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.5
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.8
E
8
1.9
E
8
2.3
E
8
1.8
E
9
1.6
E
9
2
ENE
9
1.4
E
9
1.7
ENE
8
1.2
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11833
11420
10186
8980
7371
5851
4594
3721
2949
2215
1619
1286
980
677
548
448
511
754
481
399
600
304
422
199
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
40
E
45
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNW
15
WNW
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:18PM1.26m
7:43AM1.18m
8:46PM1.15m
9:29AM1.06m
10:48PM1.16m
11:30AM1.08m
Low Tide
1:29AM0.50m
2:09PM0.51m
3:13AM0.62m
3:58PM0.57m
5:26AM0.60m
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:48
6:48
6:50
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5:49
5:47
5:46
5:45
Temp °C
18
18
18
17
17
17
18
19
19
18
17
16
16
17
23
27
27
24
23
22
22
22
29
30
13
14
15
14
13
12
11
12
12
10
10
10
12
13
20
24
23
20
19
19
20
20
26
28
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
SSW
16
5
SSW
16
4.5
SSW
16
4.5
SSW
16
4
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
13
2
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
2
E
8
1.4
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
12
1.9
E
8
1.8
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.3
E
9
1.2
E
8
Energy kJ
11833
11420
10186
8980
7371
5851
4594
3721
2949
2215
1619
1286
980
527
548
374
306
499
481
399
311
304
245
199
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
Energy kJ
677
256
189
197
190
223
273
232
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
9
0.1
S
9
0.1
S
9
Energy kJ
6
2
2
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ENE
4
1.2
E
5
1.7
E
6
2.1
E
6
2.4
E
7
2.5
E
8
2.2
E
8
1.9
E
8
1.8
E
8
1.9
E
8
2.3
E
8
2
ENE
9
1.7
ENE
8
Energy kJ
15
60
174
332
541
712
624
489
448
511
754
600
422
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
9
9
7
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Distance (km)
0
0
134
68
134
134
134
505
191
191
165
134
43
4
4
4
4
43
4
4
3
3
3
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
9
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
9
9
7
6
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
8
9
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
4
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