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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 24 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 3PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (24 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (24 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat afternoon, near gales from the WSW by Sun night).

Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Mon
27
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)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
12
2.1
E
8
1.2
SSW
12
1.7
E
8
2
E
8
2
E
8
1.6
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
1
E
8
1
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.9
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.9
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
980
762
593
399
400
576
589
399
306
220
219
224
219
175
171
180
214
175
142
138
112
117
134
149
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
W
10
SSE
10
NNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:29AM1.06m
10:48PM1.16m
11:30AM1.08m
00:13AM1.27m
12:41PM1.17m
1:05AM1.40m
Low Tide
3:58PM0.57m
5:26AM0.60m
5:42PM0.52m
6:44AM0.48m
6:45PM0.43m
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
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6:48
6:50
6:50
6:52
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5:46
5:45
5:45
5:44
1
1
Temp °C
16
17
23
27
26
25
24
23
22
22
29
29
25
23
21
20
19
19
20
20
19
19
17
15
12
13
20
24
23
22
21
21
20
20
27
28
24
23
20
19
18
18
19
18
18
17
9
6
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSW
13
1.8
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.6
E
8
1.1
SSW
12
1.7
E
8
1.7
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
9
1
E
8
1
E
8
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.9
E
10
Energy kJ
980
417
382
347
306
401
421
399
306
220
219
224
219
175
171
180
214
175
142
138
175
117
134
149
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
1
SW
11
1
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
E
8
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
Energy kJ
762
548
399
256
252
193
190
219
268
232
250
237
172
198
166
160
154
151
112
34
33
34
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
8
0.1
S
9
0.1
S
9
0.1
S
9
0.1
S
16
0.3
SSW
12
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
15
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
10
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
S
14
Energy kJ
6
2
2
2
5
29
20
19
18
25
25
10
20
19
14
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
E
8
2.4
ENE
8
2.1
E
8
1.7
E
8
2
E
8
2
E
8
0.6
W
3
0.7
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.5
SW
4
0.6
SW
5
1.2
WSW
10
2.3
WSW
7
3
WSW
8
Energy kJ
465
713
593
400
576
589
8
13
7
6
7
9
13
256
445
1396
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Distance (km)
43
4
4
4
43
4
4
3
3
2
2
0
0
2
10
1
2
0
0
136
0
19
337
456
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
2
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
6
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
6
9
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