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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 26 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
20.3° C
(Which is 2.1°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 10AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.1
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121211811111111111111101212117881111111179
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)199193329251186186226334305346328145225206213226193146135126111691321029
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
ENE
25
E
20
E
15
E
0
W
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
1.38
9:17AM
1.36
10:44PM
1.33
11:39AM
1.35
12:35AM
1.46
1:06PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.88
3:49PM
0.89
5:34AM
0.93
6:24PM
0.83
7:12AM
0.77
7:27PM
0.68
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:24-------6:24-------6:26----
Sunset------6:21-------6:19-------6:17-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1---2101-------
Temp. °C191918181919202020201920232423222119191920191918
Feels °C (?)181817181918201919201920222223242518181616161616
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