Boneyards surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
15.5° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 4PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111112121216151414141414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62655351251259479392095225492598255321911945177415151349124512261100980830816680669
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
50
SE
50
ESE
40
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
NNE
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
1.44
5:45AM
1.51
6:14PM
1.31
6:32AM
1.35
7:09PM
1.18
7:36AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:23AM
0.06
11:31PM
0.18
12:04PM
0.18
12:15AM
0.31
12:54PM
0.33
1:13AM
0.46
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:52-------6:52
Sunset--6:55-------6:53-------6:52-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919181818181820232320201919202325252220181819
Feels °C (?)131313121111111113161512141617192224262318151517
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