A warning for rough waves has been issued for Thursday, with warm conditions and scattered showers elsewhere. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)
The South African Weather Service is forecasting rough waves in coastal areas between Cape St Francis and Port Edward, while inland regions will experience warm and partly cloudy weather.
Scattered showers are expected in parts of the Free State, Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warnings
A Yellow Level 1 warning for damaging waves between Cape St Francis and Port Edward – which might cause localised disruptions to roads, harbours, and ports – has been issued.
The weather in your region
Gauteng: Fine and warm.
- Pretoria 12°C/30°C.
- Johannesburg 11°C/27°C.
- Vereeniging 12°C/28°C.
Mpumalanga: Fine and warm but cloudy on the Lowveld in the morning.
- Mbombela 16°C/28°C.
- Ermelo 10°C/29°C.
- Emalahleni 13°C/28°C.
- Standerton 14°C/30°C.
- Skukuza 13°C/31°C.
Limpopo: Fine and warm but partly cloudy with morning fog over the central parts.
- Polokwane 12°C/27°C.
- Phalaborwa 16°C/27°C.
- Tzaneen 14°C/25°C.
- Musina 16°C/29°C.
- Lephalale 15°C/33°C.
- Mokopane 13°C/30°C.
North West: Partly cloudy, windy, and hot.
- Klerksdorp 16°C/31°C.
- Potchefstroom 15°C/31°C.
- Mahikeng 15°C/32°C.
- Rustenburg 12°C/32°C.
- Vryburg 11°C/33°C.
Free State: Partly cloudy, windy, and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the south where it will be fine.
- Bloemfontein 8°C/29°C.
- Welkom 13°C/32°C.
- Bethlehem 7°C/27°C.
Northern Cape: Fine and warm, windy in the west in the afternoon, otherwise partly cloudy along the coast where it will be cool.
The wind will be moderate north-westerly, becoming fresh to strong in the afternoon.
- Upington 8°C/28°C.
- Kimberley 9°C/31°C.
- De Aar 8°C/24°C.
- Alexander Bay 9°C/19°C.
- Springbok 7°C/17°C.
- Calvinia 5°C/20°C.
- Sutherland -2°C/17°C.
Western Cape: Morning fog over the central interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool. It will become fine in the west and north from late afternoon.
The wind will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly along the west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly along the south coast in the afternoon.
- Cape Town 12°C/17°C.
- Vredendal 10°C/20°C.
- Riversdale 9°C/22°C.
- George 7°C/20°C.
- Worcester 7°C/20°C.
- Beaufort West 9°C/25°C.
- Oudtshoorn 7°C/25°C.
Eastern Cape: Cloudy conditions are expected in the western half of the province south of the escarpment with scattered morning showers and rain in places along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise fine and warm to hot.
The wind will be moderate to fresh easterly, but moderate south-westerly in places in the afternoon.
The eastern half of the province will be fine and warm to hot but cloudy south of the escarpment with scattered morning showers and rain in places along the coast and adjacent interior but isolated along the Wild Coast.
The wind will be moderate to fresh easterly.
- Gqeberha 14°C/23°C.
- Makhanda 11°C/26°C.
- Cradock 10°C/28°C.
- Graaff-Reinet 7°C/27°C.
- East London 16°C/24°C.
- Port St Johns 17°C/28°C.
- Umtata 11°C/31°C.
- Komani 10°C/27°C.
- Qonce 14°C/27°C.
KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north.
The wind will be fresh to strong north of Durban, otherwise light to moderate south-westerly.
- Durban 17°C/27°C.
- Richards Bay 19°C/31°C.
- Pietermaritzburg 12°C/34°C.
- Ladysmith 12°C/32°C.
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
