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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 25 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
20.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
2
1
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
E
2.2
E
2.5
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.1
SW
1.6
WSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
E
0.9
SW
1.3
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)888889812121191111111111111111810867
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7476249354543683282792502011092403317247207242275300379334201151203253272
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
35
SW
45
SW
40
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
25
E
35
E
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
1.54
8:31PM
1.38
9:17AM
1.36
10:44PM
1.33
11:39AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
0.69
1:53PM
0.76
2:22AM
0.88
3:49PM
0.89
5:34AM
0.93
6:24PM
0.83
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise---6:22-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------6:22-------6:21-------6:19-
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
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------6
Temp. °C212121232321202020201919202020212121202024262323
Feels °C (?)171920221916151817181819201919202021202024252026
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