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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 16 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)8887778888819181817888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21201827131172196185129977272124207184202020191911242824
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
5
NNW
5
W
15
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
50
WSW
35
W
40
W
25
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
20
SW
5
SSW
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
1.61
3:20AM
1.83
3:41PM
1.66
3:55AM
1.86
4:18PM
1.66
4:32AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
0.00
9:05PM
0.02
9:36AM
-0.07
9:41PM
-0.01
10:12AM
-0.08
10:18PM
-0.00
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:45-------6:46
Sunset--5:55-------5:54-------5:53-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------2-1-----------
Temp. °C192020212021191821191818151516161819181717161617
Feels °C (?)181919222222171519151515698101113141614121314
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