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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.9°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: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131313131212121212121211111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2627258225072254219019991821153712641121971956835690589503350280224169150150153132
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
5
E
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
25
E
30
E
20
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
WNW
20
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
1.67
6:19PM
1.54
6:25AM
1.53
6:56PM
1.42
6:59AM
1.39
8:00PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
0.57
12:14AM
0.69
12:38PM
0.69
12:50AM
0.83
1:21PM
0.81
1:50AM
0.97
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset----6:05-------6:02-------6:01---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161618191819191817162023232427272626262423242423
Feels °C (?)141417171617171615151719202326252425232121232424
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