Boneyards surf break

Boneyards surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 08 May 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 8PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Mon morning).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
5
6
6
5
5
5
4
3
1
2
4
4
4
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SSE
13
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
11
2.3
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.5
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6542
5251
5091
5316
4755
3971
3318
2784
2318
1938
1710
1467
1242
894
690
515
408
290
170
122
80
46
53
53
Wind (km/h)
25
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
ESE
20
E
15
NE
15
N
15
N
15
N
25
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
W
30
W
35
NW
35
NW
20
NW
30
NNW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:53PM1.13m
8:03AM1.09m
9:25PM1.12m
9:48AM1.05m
10:56PM1.19m
Low Tide
1:24PM0.52m
2:01AM0.67m
2:38PM0.57m
3:45AM0.68m
4:09PM0.57m
5:19AM0.59m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:00
7:01
7:01
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5:32
5:31
5:30
5:30
1
2
1
2
Temp °C
16
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
17
19
18
17
18
19
18
18
18
18
17
13
13
12
12
14
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
16
18
15
14
15
15
14
11
9
9
10
7
5
4
7
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SSE
13
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SSE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
11
2.3
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.5
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.1
SE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
5
WSW
12
4.5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
6542
5251
5091
5316
4755
3971
3318
2784
2318
1938
1710
1467
1242
894
690
515
408
265
170
122
80
46
7121
6138
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
WSW
13
0.9
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.6
E
8
0.4
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
Energy kJ
241
234
206
432
813
603
856
844
833
810
726
726
573
534
511
451
386
290
50
25
15
39
53
53
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
0.8
WSW
13
0.6
E
10
0.8
WSW
12
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
9
0.8
SW
15
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.6
E
6
0.4
E
6
0.5
E
8
0.4
SW
13
0.3
SE
14
0.2
SSE
9
Energy kJ
152
243
322
209
74
161
31
18
16
17
16
258
15
6
6
22
10
32
45
29
8
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SSW
9
1.7
SSW
10
1.5
SSW
9
0.7
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
5
0.9
NE
6
0.7
NNW
4
1
WNW
4
1.6
WSW
7
3
WSW
9
5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
5
WSW
12
6
WSW
12
Energy kJ
695
528
368
13
32
39
44
11
37
261
1522
5336
6527
6733
9742
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
5
1
5
Distance (km)
143
143
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
1
181
173
0
0
0
206
141
451
514
141
141
220
141
142
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
5
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
5
5
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
7
9
5
4
5
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