Second Beach (Port St Johns) Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.63° S 29.55° E

Second Beach (Port St Johns) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Second Beach (Port St Johns) sea temperature is
21.9° C
1.3° 

Second Beach (Port St Johns) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Second Beach (Port St Johns) today (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Second Beach (Port St Johns) at 2PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (04 Aug)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (04 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Second Beach (Port St Johns). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.6
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.6
E
10
1.2
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.3
E
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
E
10
0.6
SSW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.7
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
502
455
442
500
380
314
500
294
245
245
268
262
299
150
148
197
281
339
261
232
193
144
208
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
High Tide
6:42AM1.44m
7:09PM1.54m
7:20AM1.33m
7:52PM1.43m
8:09AM1.20m
8:53PM1.30m
Low Tide
12:48PM0.21m
1:22AM0.34m
1:27PM0.32m
2:12AM0.46m
2:18PM0.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:47
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:27
5:28
5:29
 mm
Temp °C
15
15
20
23
21
19
18
17
16
16
22
25
22
21
21
20
19
18
19
20
20
19
19
Feels °C
12
12
17
20
19
16
15
14
13
12
19
22
19
18
18
16
15
14
16
17
18
19
20
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