Boneyards surf break

Boneyards surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 07 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
21.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)
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How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 1AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
3
4
3
4
2
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.5
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111111121212121211111011101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)681255844769362229732446218713801280110357320774142445130371607148015181016803749509386348
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
15
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
E
5
ENE
10
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
1.43
6:54AM
1.53
7:00PM
1.31
7:33AM
1.42
7:39PM
1.19
8:15AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.19
1:06PM
0.37
1:05AM
0.30
1:47PM
0.47
1:42AM
0.42
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:16-------5:18-------5:18--
Sunset7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211917171621252524212120192022222220202020212323
Feels °C (?)171816161521232119191917151719191919192019181818
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