Boneyards Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Boneyards surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 SAST

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Boneyards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Boneyards sea temperature is 15.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 10AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (15 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	12s

Table - waves today at Boneyards. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	424	411	386	324	463	1149	690	523	2505	5347	5603	6045	5292	4765	4074	3348	2631	2128	1893	1886	1569	1401	1204	1162
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSW	S	SSE	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:22AM 1.15				11:57PM 1.12				12:22PM 1.27				12:48AM 1.21				1:03PM 1.37				1:26AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	4:57AM 0.52					5:54PM 0.47				6:07AM 0.44				6:47PM 0.36				6:53AM 0.35				7:25PM 0.26

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	16	17	17	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	12	11	11	10	8	8	9	8	7	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	7	10	14	15	13	12	12	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Boneyards (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 16 km from Boneyards). 1.5m 9s swell from the SW with a 0.9m 13s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.4m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 8 minutes ago Boneyards

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16 km away, 2 h 8 min ago

5 km/h

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15.8

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