Boneyards surf break

Boneyards surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
20.3° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 8AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
4
1
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121212121111111111111116151413131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20561682143013061042899813736661650563544534429429429479683214817852452311330822548
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
SW
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
N
5
NNE
10
E
25
SE
30
SE
20
SE
5
S
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
0.97
12:07PM
1.13
1:07AM
1.04
1:18PM
1.20
2:01AM
1.15
2:06PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
0.70
6:52PM
0.61
6:56AM
0.65
7:50PM
0.51
7:55AM
0.56
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:24----
Sunset------7:34-------7:34-------7:34-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1311
Temp. °C222120232423232221201921242323222121222220191918
Feels °C (?)232121242422232423222022222023252021201818161714
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