Boneyards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.32° E

Issued: 7 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Boneyards sea temperature is

16.9°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Boneyards today (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 12AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 29). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Evening (30 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 29			Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	W 11	SW 13	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	1830	1597	1256	967	864	769	409	1223	876	1033	1000	953	843	828	718	716	576	651	1133
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.36m				5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m
Low Tide				11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m


	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	16
Feels °C	16	14	12	12	13	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	W 11	SW 13	SW 14
kJ	1830	1597	1256	967	864	769	409	1223	876	1033	1000	953	843	828	718	716	576	651	1133
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 12	SW 16	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	WSW 15	WSW 11	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 14	W 11	W 12
kJ	6	67	6	6	6	152	331	190	149	117	85	82	79	75	71	67	268	441	416
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 11	W 12	—	NW 12	WSW 15	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 10	—	NW 11	NW 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	SSW 10	SSW 10	W 11
kJ	6	6	12	3	—	6	275	6	6	52	—	5	5	9	9	8	67	38	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6
kJ	47	28	59	95	80	80	56	44	46	49	54	49	56	42	25	43	66	123	121
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Groenvlei Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Hawston Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	2	3	2	3	3	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	3
Distance (km)	410	107	48	32	28	25	161	349	349	80	32	28	32	47	411	349	349	286	80
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town				Captains	Captains	Captains					Captains	Captains	Captains	Strand (Pipe)
Rating (10 max)				3	3	3					3	3	3	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Magna Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4

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