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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 06 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 3.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)16ft (5.0m)16s
Afternoon (06 Apr)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
4
3
4
4
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151514141414141313131313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10886110489173917546473879329329672627244423272254202319991821153712641121971848835690589503
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
ENE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
ENE
25
E
30
E
20
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononononcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
1.79
5:49PM
1.65
5:58AM
1.67
6:19PM
1.54
6:25AM
1.53
6:56PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.47
11:44PM
0.56
12:07PM
0.57
12:14AM
0.69
12:38PM
0.69
12:50AM
0.83
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:31-------6:33-------6:33------
Sunset----6:06-------6:05-------6:02---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181718191819181716161818181919181716202322232827
Feels °C (?)121111121314141313141716161717151514182019222726
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