Bruces Beauties 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.18° S 24.85° E

Issued: 1 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Bruces Beauties sea temperature is

18.4° C

Bruces Beauties surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Bruces Beauties today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Bruces Beauties at 8AM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	11ft (3.5m)	15s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	15s
Evening (28 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Wed morning, light winds from the NE by Wed night).
	Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	SSE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 15	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 8	SSW 13	SSW 13	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	6618	5747	5052	4326	4100	296	247	277	147	290	405	540	495	627	365	294	377	1253	1253	374	372	430	484	476
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	E	E	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide		3:06AM1.41m				3:32PM1.43m				3:36AM1.49m				4:02PM1.51m				4:06AM1.53m				4:30PM1.58m
Low Tide				9:21AM0.24m				9:33PM0.30m				9:49AM0.16m				10:04PM0.24m				10:17AM0.10m				10:33PM0.20m


	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	1	—	1	2	1	1	1	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	16	15
Feels °C	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	6618	5747	5052	4326	4100	2708	2554	2356	2141	1788	1613	1387	1347	1347	1327	1444	1444	1253	1253	1127	1011	1011	1011	1011
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	E 10	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	SSW 15	—	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	—	—	—	—
kJ	16	7	7	—	—	—	—	—	147	—	—	—	—	627	—	294	291	344	354	374	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 9	SE 8	SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	E 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	E 8	—	—	—	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	—	—	—	15	416	296	247	277	126	290	405	540	495	426	365	—	377	—	—	—	372	430	484	476
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Heads Garden Route	The Heads Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)
Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	176	176	173	191	191	191	191	191	173	165	165	191	191	191	191	43	43	4	4	61	191	191	191	43
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)																Van Stadens Mouth	Mtati	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Kellys Beach	Sea Vista				Mtati
Rating (10 max)																4	4	4	4	4				4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Fish Boma South Africa	Cape St Martin South Africa	Cape St Martin South Africa	Etang-Sale Reunion	Punta Palmilla Mexico	Chameau Mauritius	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Ala Moana Bowls United States	Bancoora Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Ben Mondy

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.

Bruces Beauties 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Bruces Beauties today (28 Jul):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

How Our WaveFinder Tool Makes Forecasting Easier Than Ever Before

The Five Best Forecasts For International Surfing Day 2026

Best Surf Travel Deals & Discounts For 2026 To Help Make Surf Travel Cheaper

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website