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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 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
19.5° C
(Which is 2.1°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 5AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121212121111171710101010101091616161514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)497409339276266202151202197754948303028288984137126165156145158
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
WSW
0
ENE
15
S
10
SE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
W
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.11
7:46PM
1.00
8:12AM
0.99
10:49PM
0.97
11:22AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.60
1:27PM
0.61
1:53AM
0.73
3:24PM
0.69
5:02AM
0.76
5:45PM
0.62
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------6:05-------6:04-------6:02-
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----1----------------14
Temp. °C282727272625252424242425312725242423202021201919
Feels °C (?)272726282725262423242324312525242522191919222018
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