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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 18 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 4AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
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
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)111177777141313131314141414141413139999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7116387173746285347784862943120617231674167415791463137610187341531209776
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
20
W
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
35
E
25
ENE
20
NNE
40
W
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
1.73
3:34PM
1.65
3:50AM
1.83
4:05PM
1.69
4:21AM
1.87
4:37PM
1.69
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
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset------6:35-------6:34-------6:31-
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11---1-------11-------
Temp. °C222121212222222221212121232523222020201920201919
Feels °C (?)242123222322232121212120212222221617161516151515
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