Kellys Beach Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.65° S 26.73° E)

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Kellys Beach surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 SAST

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Kellys Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Kellys Beach sea temperature is 17.3° C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kellys Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kellys Beach at 1PM is: 1.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	17s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	15s
Evening (22 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	14s

Table - waves today at Kellys Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat 25
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	11	14	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	487	1574	1752	1674	1358	1032	841	653	543	481	359	347	289	365	137	164	226	273	278	982	1077	1012	715	545
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					3:55PM 1.62				4:12AM 1.50				4:20PM 1.57				4:37AM 1.46				4:45PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			9:44AM 0.12				10:06PM 0.08				10:10AM 0.15				10:30PM 0.12				10:35AM 0.20				10:56PM 0.18

	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat 25
Sunrise	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	24	24	24	23	25	25	24	29	29	24	21	19	18	17	16	18	20	21	20	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	16	17	22	21	20	21	21	22	22	26	25	20	19	18	15	14	14	18	19	19	16	14	15	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Fence (Port Elizabeth) (moderate winds from the ENE at Port Elizabeth Airport 4 km from Fence (Port Elizabeth)). 2.2m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.9m 5s windswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 31 minutes ago Fence (Port Elizabeth)

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1 h 47 min ago

18 km/h

Onshore

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