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Boneyards surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 20 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
21.6° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boneyards today?

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 9AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010111313121212121212121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)850773716725762674635615634685891108310329678368227697346258789089371174876
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ESE
35
SE
30
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
20
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
1.61
4:49PM
1.60
5:14AM
1.65
5:19PM
1.59
5:45AM
1.66
5:51PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.07
10:47AM
0.18
11:00PM
0.04
11:19AM
0.17
11:29PM
0.05
11:52AM
0.18
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---5:28-------5:28-------5:30----
Sunset------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818192121201917161619242424211919182124242220
Feels °C (?)161517171818171615151416201920202021182123191617
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