Boneyards surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 12AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
3
3
4
4
5
5
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131213131413131313131313131212111112121217
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55494865420637851643191223232338144012288511021724852749649650638617663628650650625
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
0
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
1.25
5:39AM
1.25
6:05PM
1.15
6:13AM
1.14
6:49PM
1.05
7:01AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
0.39
11:53AM
0.39
12:02AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:44AM
0.61
1:26PM
0.59
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset6:35-------6:34-------6:32-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181817161615172019192019202123232221191919202123
Feels °C (?)131412111111141714141616181922212020181919191921
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