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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 17 Jan 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
21.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Bruces Beauties today?

The current surf forecast for Bruces Beauties at 8AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
SSW
1
ESE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)7710999101010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)869916417313310911692926996727510680787575737373737372
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
W
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
1.35
3:17PM
1.46
3:44AM
1.45
3:48PM
1.53
4:14AM
1.53
4:18PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03PM
0.29
9:11AM
0.35
9:33PM
0.20
9:44AM
0.28
10:02PM
0.12
10:15AM
0.22
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---5:24-------5:26-------5:26----
Sunset------7:34-------7:34-------7:32-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919202122222120191819202020201919191920202019
Feels °C (?)191920212120191815121010111213151516151616161616
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