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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 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
19.6° 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 1PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (21 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
2
3
2
2
2
5
!
!
4
4
5
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
4
SSW
5
SW
4.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131315151616161615151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18751650153314872197326333933148549078876278541157526048564149444239376227172252186814701042787
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
25
SW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
35
W
40
WSW
35
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
15
E
10
N
15
ENE
30
ENE
40
E
50
E
45
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
1.84
6:24PM
1.68
6:41AM
1.66
7:21PM
1.54
7:43AM
1.47
8:42PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.41
12:19AM
0.56
12:50PM
0.56
1:16AM
0.73
1:52PM
0.72
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:43-------6:43-------6:45------
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C141518191917171716161716171817171616191920191817
Feels °C (?)111114131299109999131515141414131111111011
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