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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 09 Jan 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 8AM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
3
4
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.3
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
SSW
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
2.2
E
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)1010111313121212111111111010151514141313121278
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4003281473175919291652128911009177595253922902502185221075874724514406343510517
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
E
30
E
40
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.72
7:45PM
1.49
8:25AM
1.61
8:35PM
1.38
9:21AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.54
1:41PM
0.72
1:40AM
0.65
2:31PM
0.82
2:25AM
0.77
3:38PM
0.90
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:15-------5:16-------5:16----
Sunset------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019202121212121212021212121222121212024242423
Feels °C (?)181615171719191919191818171616181820222023222123
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