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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 10AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101010101010101010101091010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)717296788078757573737373737272727272917798655612625731
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48PM
1.53
4:14AM
1.53
4:18PM
1.57
4:44AM
1.60
4:48PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.28
10:02PM
0.12
10:15AM
0.22
10:31PM
0.06
10:46AM
0.18
10:59PM
0.04
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-5:26-------5:26-------5:28------
Sunset----7:34-------7:32-------7:32---
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920202019191819192020191919181818202020202019
Feels °C (?)121112121414151516161716151617151516181717171616
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