Boneyards surf break

Boneyards surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 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
20.0° 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 5AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.0m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
1
1
2
0
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131312161515141414141313131312121211171616101110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)387130872219512343203532311027632439219718101730147512661083135813131697184264358176514731254
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
15
SSE
15
ESE
5
NE
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
15
W
35
WSW
25
W
20
W
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:43----
Sunset------5:55-------5:54-------5:53-
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11--1------
Temp. °C171716172021202021222018232019181715161619201817
Feels °C (?)16161516192019212123201621171717158111213141517
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