Boneyards surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 08 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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 7AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
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
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121211111212121716161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9571021724852726649650638617563593593593633823105512622027200418361657157013871280
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
0
N
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
10
NE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
W
15
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
1.14
6:49PM
1.05
7:01AM
1.03
8:09PM
0.97
8:38AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:44AM
0.61
1:26PM
0.59
2:10AM
0.70
3:24PM
0.63
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:05----
Sunset------6:32-------6:30-------6:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201921222526242322222121232424242524202020202019
Feels °C (?)161618202424222221222020232323232522181819202019
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