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Fence (Port Elizabeth) surf break

Fence (Port Elizabeth) surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 SAST
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Fence (Port Elizabeth) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fence (Port Elizabeth) sea temperature is
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fence (Port Elizabeth) today?

The current surf forecast for Fence (Port Elizabeth) at 8PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
4
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121210101010111213121212111111101010151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6806233923313944551528178917331633140712059017456114103562503576101075861724514
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SSE
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
20
E
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04PM
1.61
7:38AM
1.72
7:45PM
1.49
8:25AM
1.61
8:35PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.62
1:01AM
0.54
1:41PM
0.72
1:40AM
0.65
2:31PM
0.82
2:25AM
0.77
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------5:15-------5:16-------5:16
Sunset--7:31-------7:31-------7:31-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242323202019192122212121212120212122222221212121
Feels °C (?)232220181915151819191920201918181718181919212221
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