King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 SAST
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King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) today?

The current surf forecast for King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) at 3PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (23 Aug)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (23 Aug)15ft (4.5m)15s

Table - waves today at King's Beach (Port Elizabeth). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
5
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
3
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
6
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121414151514141414141414141313131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8738383466789420826322198182561488313184329831642471202817601569138813881364136412181422490315321423
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
1.89
4:12AM
1.80
4:32PM
1.92
4:42AM
1.80
5:01PM
1.91
5:10AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
0.27
10:09PM
0.30
10:15AM
0.23
10:38PM
0.29
10:42AM
0.23
11:05PM
0.31
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:45-------6:43
Sunset--5:52-------5:52-------5:53-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171817161515141316161515141313131515151515141313
Feels °C (?)109976788977911101111131099991010
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) (strong winds from the WSW at Port Elizabeth Airport 4 km from King's Beach (Port Elizabeth)). A 5.3m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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39 km/h
WSW
Offshore
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