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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 17 May 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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.9°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 1PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 17). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 May)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (17 May)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (17 May)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun morning, fresh winds from the E by Tue night).

Sunday
17
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wed
20
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
11
1.2
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
13
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
12
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
S
12
0.9
SSE
11
0.8
S
11
1.5
S
8
1.6
S
9
1.9
SSE
8
2.2
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
363
344
231
233
233
182
246
255
257
268
144
171
330
134
180
146
305
373
464
602
769
775
727
673
Wind (km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
30
E
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:04PM1.60m
4:19AM1.73m
4:48PM1.58m
5:04AM1.64m
5:34PM1.52m
Low Tide
9:55AM-0.02m
10:06PM0.07m
10:37AM0.02m
10:52PM0.13m
11:21AM0.09m
11:41PM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:07
7:07
7:07
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:24
5:24
5:23
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
18
20
21
19
18
17
17
17
17
18
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
15
15
18
18
17
16
15
15
16
16
18
19
18
17
17
18
17
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.6
S
9
1.3
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
Energy kJ
617
627
610
529
464
436
443
435
563
572
623
623
501
1011
1077
1102
827
373
528
528
473
431
331
241
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
11
1.2
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
13
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.7
S
12
0.5
E
7
0.8
S
11
1.5
S
8
1.4
SW
13
0.4
SSE
14
0.5
SSE
14
0.6
SSE
13
0.7
SSE
13
0.7
SSE
13
0.7
SSE
12
Energy kJ
363
344
231
233
233
182
246
255
257
268
144
171
177
134
24
146
305
623
76
104
118
147
140
138
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
6
1
E
6
1
E
6
0.9
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.8
SSW
16
0.5
E
7
0.2
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.5
E
7
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
14
0.3
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
10
Energy kJ
71
78
81
64
38
36
26
26
18
18
18
20
330
24
25
49
23
84
75
19
40
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
E
6
0.3
W
2
0.3
WSW
3
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
11
0.7
ESE
7
0.4
E
7
1.9
SSE
8
2.2
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
ESE
8
Energy kJ
137
1
1
5
6
180
49
15
464
602
769
775
727
673
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
4
3
2
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
Distance (km)
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
43
176
183
183
43
43
191
191
191
191
191
191
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
4
4
8
6
4
4
5
7
4
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
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