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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 06 Apr 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 1.4°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 12AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47463879329329672627262925072254219019991821153713971121971956835690589503350280224169
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
ENE
25
E
35
E
20
ENE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
1.65
5:58AM
1.67
6:19PM
1.54
6:25AM
1.53
6:56PM
1.42
6:59AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
0.56
12:07PM
0.57
12:14AM
0.69
12:38PM
0.69
12:50AM
0.83
1:21PM
0.81
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:35--
Sunset6:06-------6:05-------6:02-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181918171617181818191918171620232223282726262624
Feels °C (?)131414131315171616171816141418201822262524252421
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