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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 17 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 11PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
3
2
0
1
1
1
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
1.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111111777710141313131314141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7737247116387159616245323378486294312061723167416741579139612471018875722711
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
NNE
5
SE
25
W
10
NNW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
40
E
30
ENE
5
NE
30
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		oncross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
1.57
3:21AM
1.73
3:34PM
1.65
3:50AM
1.83
4:05PM
1.69
4:21AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
0.06
9:32AM
0.03
9:37PM
-0.02
10:03AM
-0.05
10:07PM
-0.06
10:34AM
-0.07
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:22-------6:22--
Sunset6:36-------6:35-------6:34-------
cloud
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-6-------2--------------
Temp. °C232222212121222222222121202023242323202020202020
Feels °C (?)252224202222222223222221191820202125171616161514
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