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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 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
17.3° C
(Which is 1.9°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 4PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (20 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.7
E
2.2
SSW
1.9
ENE
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)16445555556552012171615156147778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69121294149412636211514147810051655361430372550204180532616712689
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
35
ESE
30
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
E
35
E
35
E
25
ENE
10
ESE
15
W
35
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
1.66
3:19AM
1.54
3:27PM
1.67
3:45AM
1.55
3:52PM
1.65
4:10AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
0.16
9:15PM
0.09
9:16AM
0.14
9:39PM
0.07
9:42AM
0.14
10:04PM
0.09
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:31-------5:30
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:38-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171817161615151618191918181716182123212022211819
Feels °C (?)121212131313141517171617181615151618171722191314
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Bruces Beauties (fresh winds from the E at SHIP9066 36 km from Bruces Beauties). 0.7m 4s local chop from the ESE with a 0.3m 9s swell, also from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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32 km/h
E
0.0
17.3
Air / Water (°C)
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