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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 29 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
18.6° C
(Which is 2.4°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 12PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (29 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (29 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
1
Sat
2
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
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
6
6
5
5
4
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
4
3
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
S
13
4
S
14
4
S
14
3.5
S
13
3
S
13
3
S
13
2.5
SSE
13
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
1.6
SSE
12
1.1
SSW
18
3
SSW
17
3
SSW
16
3.5
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
0.4
SE
10
0.3
SSE
9
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5637
6186
5241
4499
3150
3149
2090
1649
1369
1102
797
660
826
4449
5046
5037
4395
4005
3582
24
17
17
8
7
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
0
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
15
W
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
2:37PM1.44m
2:47AM1.62m
3:07PM1.48m
3:15AM1.63m
3:36PM1.51m
Low Tide
8:36AM0.18m
8:35PM0.22m
9:04AM0.13m
9:05PM0.19m
9:30AM0.11m
9:33PM0.18m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
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6:52
6:54
6:54
6:56
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5:40
5:39
5:38
5:37
Temp °C
15
14
16
17
17
17
16
15
15
15
17
18
18
17
17
17
16
15
17
18
17
17
16
16
10
10
13
15
15
16
14
12
13
13
17
15
15
13
13
13
12
11
14
15
14
16
15
14
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
S
13
4
S
14
4
S
14
3.5
S
13
3
S
13
3
S
13
2.5
SSE
13
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
1.6
SSE
12
1.5
SSW
13
3
SSW
17
3
SSW
16
3.5
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
3
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
12
Energy kJ
5637
6186
5241
4499
3150
3149
2090
1649
1369
1102
797
660
808
4449
5046
5037
4395
4005
3582
3056
3010
2964
2673
2428
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
1.4
SW
10
0.4
SW
14
1.2
SW
10
1.1
SW
10
1
SW
10
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
13
1.4
SSE
11
1.1
SSE
11
1
SSE
11
0.8
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.3
SSE
9
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
Energy kJ
320
18
18
18
369
73
279
246
177
742
811
732
469
291
222
130
97
38
38
24
17
8
8
7
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.4
SW
15
0.3
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
SSW
20
1.1
SSW
18
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.1
SE
9
Energy kJ
18
18
56
60
298
198
372
17
17
76
826
19
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
17
8
3
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WSW
10
1.8
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
4
Energy kJ
687
627
22
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
2
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
Distance (km)
10
3
0
0
0
61
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
2
18
16
16
16
16
1
1
1
3
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
7
7
7
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
8
9
8
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
8
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
5
5
5
5
5
4
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