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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 29 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
20.1° C
(Which is 2.2°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 1AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1.3
E
1.4
E
2
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)1313111111101010101099966778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454378346202245214221245240231217173147124156356606709612587845439356273
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
E
30
E
20
E
40
E
50
E
45
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
15
NE
10
W
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
1.78
2:33PM
1.72
2:48AM
1.90
3:05PM
1.80
3:19AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
0.55
8:35AM
0.47
8:39PM
0.44
9:05AM
0.37
9:08PM
0.36
9:32AM
0.31
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset6:16-------6:15-------6:14-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919181818192021212121212223232322232322212021
Feels °C (?)181919181819191920212121222123191818222324231820
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