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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
20.9° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 8AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
3
0
0
1
3
2
4
4
5
5
6
6
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SE
1.9
SSW
1
E
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
E
0.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1
E
1.7
SSW
0.8
E
0.5
E
1.9
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101471310556151212712812161515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65316310711892086384106172734722939237172176624272812549756225741585558555773
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
E
35
ESE
35
E
25
E
20
ENE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
W
30
WSW
45
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
1.64
5:18PM
1.57
5:44AM
1.65
5:50PM
1.53
6:17AM
1.63
6:25PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59PM
0.04
11:18AM
0.17
11:28PM
0.04
11:52AM
0.18
11:58PM
0.08
12:27PM
0.22
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---5:28-------5:30-------5:31----
Sunset------7:32-------7:31-------7:31-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817182122222120201921222221202020192020202019
Feels °C (?)161514141617171919222021191614141616141516151616
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