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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.2°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 2PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
E
2.1
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
2
E
2
E
2.2
E
2.4
E
1.9
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1
SSW
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)8888888888888999999991399
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3985583342472082062455135136437815018461003972994723606539427367346325270
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
5
N
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
30
E
40
E
30
E
20
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
WNW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassoffoffoffglassoffoffonononononononglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19AM
1.98
3:34PM
1.85
3:47AM
2.02
4:02PM
1.87
4:15AM
2.01
4:29PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
0.31
9:34PM
0.31
9:58AM
0.28
10:00PM
0.29
10:23AM
0.29
10:25PM
0.31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset----6:12-------6:10-------6:09---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------45
Temp. °C212120202120202020212324232223222123212522202020
Feels °C (?)222417182123222222232523202023252425192522192021
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