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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 12 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 4AM is: 1.6m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)17s
Afternoon (12 Jan)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (12 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
4
3
4
3
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)22201918161615999998888889998819
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)816143618092291233122852098225192188152117898666666668717371685074
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
5
SW
5
W
10
WSW
5
W
10
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
0.98
10:29AM
1.12
11:37PM
0.96
12:06PM
1.12
1:07AM
1.03
1:17PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
0.64
5:18PM
0.65
5:18AM
0.69
6:52PM
0.59
6:56AM
0.64
7:49PM
0.50
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:20-------5:22-------5:22----
Sunset------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120212323232223212121222222222120202122222221
Feels °C (?)242121212120212223212221232222242321222221192123
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