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Fence (Port Elizabeth) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 09 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
20.3° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 1AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.9
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)121211111111101015151414131312127882120181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128911009177595843922902402835221075874632514406333392504435571783113112171204
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
10
NNE
10
NE
15
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
15
E
5
SE
0
SW
25
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		ononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
1.49
8:25AM
1.61
8:35PM
1.38
9:21AM
1.51
9:43PM
1.29
10:35AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.65
2:31PM
0.82
2:25AM
0.77
3:38PM
0.90
3:28AM
0.87
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----5:16-------5:16-------5:18--
Sunset7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121202020212221212121202124242423222222232323
Feels °C (?)201919181817171716171920212224232323232526232020
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