Summerstrand Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 SAST
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Summerstrand Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Summerstrand Beach sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Summerstrand Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Summerstrand Beach at 4AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Aug)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (21 Aug)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
3
!
2
3
4
3
3
1
1
2
1
3
3
!
2
2
3
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211121212121211111111111212121111111212141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)21722792218485485157012331007770621513503494999196817554437955972137697784520805810842
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WSW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
35
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
1.63
2:53PM
1.70
3:06AM
1.72
3:29PM
1.81
3:41AM
1.78
4:01PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
0.55
8:45AM
0.43
9:05PM
0.43
9:18AM
0.34
9:39PM
0.35
9:48AM
0.27
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise---6:50-------6:48-------6:47----
Sunset------5:51-------5:52-------5:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616151616161615151414181716161513131318181515
Feels °C (?)131399109101212131111141091011101099755
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Summerstrand Beach (moderate winds from the W at Port Elizabeth Airport 7 km from Summerstrand Beach). 2.7m 8s swell from the WSW with a 1.0m 7s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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20 km/h
W
Offshore
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