Boneyards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.03° S 24.94° E

Issued: 7 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Boneyards sea temperature is

17.2°C

Boneyards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Boneyards today (18 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 12s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 12AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Evening (18 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sun night, calm by Tue morning).
	Sat 17			Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	3	1	2	2	2	4	3	0	1	3	4	1	3	1	1	2	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	1775	2362	2294	2221	2078	2027	1702	1999	1999	2177	4694	1982	1883	2878	2348	2541	939	939	855
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SW	WSW	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide		6:45PM1.11m				7:41AM1.02m					8:02PM0.99m				10:35AM1.00m
Low Tide				1:15AM0.62m				1:50PM0.75m					3:07AM0.70m				4:55PM0.77m


	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:36	—	—
mm	—	—	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	10	8	5	2	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	13	16	16	16	14	14
Feels °C	15	17	15	16	17	17	15	14	13	10	10	11	5	8	8	8	10	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	E 7	SW 13	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 7	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	1775	2362	2294	2221	2078	2027	1702	1999	1999	2177	32	1982	979	476	310	156	939	939	855
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	SSW 14	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ENE 8	ENE 9	SW 13	E 8	E 7	ENE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	12	12	12	14	24	26	189	82	85	42	23	25	1883	46	25	22	91	54	42
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 13	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	—	—	E 7	E 7	—	—	E 9	E 8	E 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	69	26	16	26	25	—	—	52	52	—	—	40	19	35
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	SE 5	SE 5	—	—	—	SW 13	SSE 8	—	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 7	SW 7	SW 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	53	57	—	—	—	4694	1128	—	2878	2348	2541	450	321	229
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Keurbooms Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Point Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Distance (km)	141	0	143	1	141	141	0	0	66	143	2	0	143	143	180	143	143	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)		Leftovers	Kleinemonde	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Kleinemonde	Mtati	Mtati	Leftovers	Riet River	Hamburg (Port Alfred)	Albatross	Leftovers						J-Bay	Kleinemonde
Rating (10 max)		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4						4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Groenvlei Garden Route	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Bali Village Indonesia	Pascuales Mexico	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Nugget Point New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Keusik Luhur Indonesia	Trial Harbour Australia	Brak River South Africa	Kaka Point New Zealand	Lebu Chile	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Alnes Lighthouse Norway
Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	6	6	7	5	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7

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