Boneyards surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 30 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
18.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 7AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)12121210101010111111991410101010991414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48032529424722315414812114018712011512380241303290299237466581541579852
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
0
ESE
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.54
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset------6:45-------6:43-------6:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818171819191818181818192020191919191920202019
Feels °C (?)151516151616151314161718201919181919191818171615
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