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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm 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 9PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm 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)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat afternoon, near gales from the W by Sun night).

Fri
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Mon
27
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
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
E
8
1.2
SSW
12
1.8
E
8
1.8
E
8
1.8
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.3
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
1
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.9
E
8
1
E
9
1
E
9
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
593
399
448
448
481
398
304
262
229
229
219
167
138
171
173
140
138
109
115
155
162
153
123
94
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
W
10
SSE
10
NW
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
55
W
55
W
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-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
7:30AM0.36m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
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6:50
6:50
6:52
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5:46
5:45
5:45
5:44
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
23
26
25
24
24
23
22
22
29
29
26
23
21
20
19
19
21
21
20
19
16
15
14
15
20
23
22
21
21
21
20
19
27
28
25
23
19
19
18
19
21
20
19
16
8
6
3
4
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
E
8
1.6
E
8
1.1
SSW
12
1.8
E
8
1.8
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.3
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
1
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.9
E
8
1
E
9
1
E
9
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
Energy kJ
382
356
306
448
481
398
304
262
229
229
219
167
138
171
173
140
138
109
115
155
162
153
123
94
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.8
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.4
SW
11
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.2
S
13
0.1
S
13
Energy kJ
548
399
256
252
193
190
219
268
232
250
237
202
198
166
160
130
130
125
30
33
33
14
3
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
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
15
0.4
SW
11
0.4
SW
10
0.4
SW
10
0.3
SW
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
14
Energy kJ
5
2
2
2
5
20
20
19
18
30
28
27
34
15
14
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
E
8
1.8
E
8
0.3
NNE
3
0.4
WSW
3
0.6
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.5
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
1.3
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
7
3.5
WSW
9
4.5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
10
Energy kJ
593
448
1
2
9
6
7
7
9
11
290
586
1835
3618
3853
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
Distance (km)
43
10
43
43
4
3
4
4
2
0
0
2
10
2
2
0
0
0
0
19
173
466
654
580
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
4
2
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
9
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
8
5
5
6
6
5
5
5
9
8
7
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