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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 29 Jul 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
17.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) at 3AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (29 Jul)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
SW
0.8
E
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
2.4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)11141413131312121211881112121212981414101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)629651904742687656583409331258188182191189132184177237206474968120832874049
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
25
NNW
35
NNW
25
NW
20
SSW
5
S
15
SW
5
WSW
10
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
50
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
1.63
6:40PM
1.73
6:45AM
1.54
7:14PM
1.63
7:19AM
1.43
7:52PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08AM
0.45
12:12PM
0.37
12:41AM
0.52
12:43PM
0.45
1:15AM
0.61
1:15PM
0.56
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
31
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset------5:35-------5:36-------5:36-
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Rain (mm)
---------------------12-
Temp. °C161718192328282625232323263021201918171716131313
Feels °C (?)111313131722242120181817182418211919171411322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) (light winds from the NNE at Port Elizabeth Airport 4 km from King's Beach (Port Elizabeth)). 1.6m 14s groundswell from the SSE with a 1.0m 4s local chop from the E and a 0.7m 4s local chop, also from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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9 km/h
NNE
Clean
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