Boneyards surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 27 Oct 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 1AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 6.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (28 Oct)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (28 Oct)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
6
4
5
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
0
4
3
4
5
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131212121212121316161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)663258935487458141663775325729232744261823792233199920962130243627155318533053944669433440213349
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
S
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
1.13
6:49AM
1.06
7:00PM
1.03
8:15AM
1.02
8:41PM
0.98
9:57AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.48
12:47PM
0.61
1:27AM
0.55
2:27PM
0.66
3:09AM
0.57
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:48-------5:48--
Sunset7:09-------7:10-------7:10-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515151415151616151515151516171717161615152023
Feels °C (?)1213151413141212121111101010121211118109101821
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