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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
19.8° 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 5AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (28 Feb)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
8
!
6
!
7
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112121212111212121212141414141415151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)286431422512488480463711915116615021866344839334635439965798848604079236847416320641783
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
25
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
35
SW
25
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
1.59
2:10PM
1.66
2:36AM
1.76
2:51PM
1.78
3:13AM
1.91
3:27PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
0.65
8:29PM
0.53
8:51AM
0.50
9:03PM
0.41
9:26AM
0.38
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:03-------6:03-------6:05----
Sunset------6:54-------6:53-------6:52-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------111---------
Temp. °C202019192020202019181819181717171616151518171819
Feels °C (?)212118161615151717161615129891098812101417
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