Port Elizabeth Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at — and sunset is at 06:55 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Tue night, calm by Fri morning). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the WSW by Mon afternoon). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon night, min 16°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Wed night, fresh winds from the E by Thu afternoon). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the E on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NE by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sun 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:27AM1.68m | 1:44PM1.95m | 2:09AM1.79m | 2:25PM2.04m | 2:50AM1.87m | 3:04PM2.09m | 3:29AM1.90m | 3:43PM2.07m | 4:08AM1.89m | 4:22PM2.00m | 4:48AM1.83m | 5:00PM1.88m | 5:29AM1.75m | 5:40PM1.73m | 6:14AM1.64m | 6:23PM1.57m | 7:06AM1.53m | 7:15PM1.41m | 8:15AM1.45m | 8:31PM1.29m | 9:43AM1.42m | 10:13PM1.25m | 11:08AM1.46m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:26PM0.44m | 7:28AM0.43m | 8:06PM0.31m | 8:10AM0.33m | 8:44PM0.22m | 8:49AM0.27m | 9:22PM0.19m | 9:28AM0.27m | 9:58PM0.20m | 10:06AM0.31m | 10:34PM0.27m | 10:44AM0.40m | 11:10PM0.36m | 11:24AM0.52m | 11:48PM0.48m | 12:07PM0.66m | 00:28AM0.61m | 1:00PM0.80m | 1:18AM0.73m | 2:18PM0.91m | 2:30AM0.83m | 4:28PM0.93m | 4:17AM0.86m | |||||||||||||
SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 17 | S 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | S 10 | S 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | E 6 | ESE 7 | E 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | |
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clear | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | mod rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | |
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— | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
Moonrise | 3:09 | — | 4:20 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 6:49 | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | — | 9:17 | — | — | 10:20 | — | — | 11:13 | — | — | 11:56 | — | — | — | 12:31 | — | — | 1:00 | — | — | 1:25 | — |
Moonset | 2:44 | 3:13 | — | — | 3:45 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 6:49 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | 10:04 | — | — | 11:07 | — | — | 12:06 | — | — | 1:03 | — |
 | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — |
 | 6:55 | — | 6:57 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:59 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | 7:07 |
Today's sea temperature in Port Elizabeth is 18.1 °C (Statistics for 12 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 20.6 max: 22.1 min: 19.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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