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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 24 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 6AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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)
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121211101010101010596899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54504735444039493447303225582242220721511952201818313150941761278695152
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
5
SE
0
NNW
15
W
25
WSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.57
7:04PM
1.34
7:34AM
1.48
7:51PM
1.22
8:28AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.15
1:07PM
0.29
1:09AM
0.26
1:55PM
0.38
1:55AM
0.38
2:59PM
0.49
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---5:31-------5:33-------5:33----
Sunset------7:30-------7:30-------7:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C191818192020202019191819202122212121212222232221
Feels °C (?)181717191918192120201719191920202224252320212121
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