Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 SAST
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Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) sea temperature is
19.9° C
(Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) today?

The current surf forecast for Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) at 12AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
Afternoon (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111101213131213121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)508399421330234226297286300243397504560551569551608397390299294243239235
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
W
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
30
E
15
ESE
5
ESE
15
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSE
15
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrossoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
1.92
4:16AM
2.06
4:29PM
1.94
4:46AM
2.06
4:57PM
1.91
5:14AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.26
10:25AM
0.28
10:30PM
0.24
10:52AM
0.29
10:56PM
0.26
11:18AM
0.34
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset6:51-------6:50-------6:49-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1351131-
Temp. °C201918181717192122232321212120202020202019192020
Feels °C (?)171717171717171919242722212017171921212016182121
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