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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 14 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 1PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (14 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (14 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)815161514141413131312866781313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16020431027226426420614013813644146163181217277258298361344400333328322
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NE
10
NE
15
E
30
E
35
E
30
ENE
15
ENE
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
W
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
1.40
1:55AM
1.54
2:03PM
1.55
2:25AM
1.70
2:36PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
0.89
7:42PM
0.75
8:08AM
0.73
8:13PM
0.60
8:36AM
0.57
8:42PM
0.46
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise-6:15-------6:15-------6:16------
Sunset----6:37-------6:36-------6:34---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C202123222324222221222424232322212020222222222321
Feels °C (?)192123212425242524232422202224231919232323232323
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