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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 06 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
19.7° C
(Which is 3.2°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 3AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (07 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (07 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.5
SSW
2.2
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111111711111112121212121211121213121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20419021115146523712504216624022394235221962165198714826051435862787551510585475475
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
50
WSW
55
WSW
50
SW
40
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
1.85
5:41AM
1.94
5:50PM
1.77
6:07AM
1.83
6:16PM
1.66
6:33AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
0.32
11:44AM
0.42
11:47PM
0.41
12:10PM
0.52
12:13AM
0.53
12:37PM
0.63
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset6:47-------6:45-------6:45-------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C212120201918191919191819191920202020202019192122
Feels °C (?)22221817107101215161617171716161515161715151717
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