Boneyards surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 06 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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 5AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
3
2
3
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
WSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
2.5
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111101111111068101111111111111112121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)650534492408496487601276736169329983440178330922947238021281913182916331562127711771022
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SE
15
NNW
20
N
30
N
35
NNW
25
WNW
30
WSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
1.60
5:04PM
1.42
5:16AM
1.51
5:32PM
1.34
5:43AM
1.40
6:00PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
0.10
11:03AM
0.11
11:05PM
0.17
11:30AM
0.19
11:31PM
0.27
11:57AM
0.30
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset------7:16-------7:15-------7:14-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------111---------------
Temp. °C191918181819201918171616171616161615151517222120
Feels °C (?)1920171614141714129989887877812161413
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