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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 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
20.2° 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 7AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)99988888888888881716999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18815214811589846364666869696969699017268352525290121125
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
15
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSW
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
35
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
0.96
12:06PM
1.12
1:07AM
1.03
1:17PM
1.19
2:00AM
1.14
2:05PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.69
6:52PM
0.59
6:56AM
0.64
7:49PM
0.50
7:55AM
0.55
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:24----
Sunset------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------12--
Temp. °C232221222223232222212021232323222121222120191919
Feels °C (?)242222222223232324232121222124251919191716141615
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