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 1 am Saturday 30 Aug 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 15.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 6AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	8ft (2.4m)	13s
Evening (30 Aug)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

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

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		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3383	3105	2991	2743	2595	2437	2462	2494	2347	1903	1992	1680	1903	2541	3814	4135	4342	4083	3281	2832	2762	2507	2222	2318
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	ENE	SW	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	W	W	WSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				6:49AM 1.07				7:05PM 1.12				7:41AM 0.97					8:07PM 1.01				9:37AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 0.46				12:41PM 0.53				1:27AM 0.56				1:28PM 0.64					2:54AM 0.64				3:28PM 0.72

		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	14	17	18	19
Feels °C (?)	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	11	11	10	7	8	7	11	14	15	16

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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). 2.8m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 19 minutes ago Boneyards

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16 km away, 1 h 19 min ago

3 km/h

0.0

15.5

Air / Water (°C)

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