Boneyards surf break

Boneyards surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 08 May 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
19.6° 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 1PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Sun morning).

Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
8
6
6
5
4
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
1
2
4
4
4
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SSE
12
4.5
SSE
12
4.5
SSE
13
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.4
SE
13
0.6
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6887
6253
6542
5251
5091
5552
4536
3971
3415
2784
2357
2013
1665
1264
991
771
645
467
386
265
148
80
49
59
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
0
SE
15
E
15
NE
15
N
15
N
15
N
30
NW
45
NW
45
NW
35
WNW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:53PM1.13m
8:03AM1.09m
9:25PM1.12m
9:48AM1.05m
10:56PM1.19m
Low Tide
1:24PM0.52m
2:01AM0.67m
2:38PM0.57m
3:45AM0.68m
4:09PM0.57m
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
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7:00
7:00
7:01
7:01
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5:32
5:31
5:30
5:30
2
2
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
14
15
16
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
16
19
18
17
18
18
18
18
18
19
17
14
13
13
11
11
11
10
11
11
10
10
11
11
15
18
15
14
14
14
14
11
9
10
9
8
5
6
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SSE
12
4.5
SSE
12
4.5
SSE
13
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.1
SE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
6887
6253
6542
5251
5091
5552
4536
3971
3415
2784
2357
2013
1665
1264
991
771
645
467
361
265
148
80
49
6975
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
WSW
13
0.9
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.5
E
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
SE
13
0.6
SE
10
Energy kJ
261
249
241
234
206
432
813
603
856
844
833
810
726
726
573
534
511
451
386
246
35
24
41
59
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSW
19
0.4
SW
18
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
0.8
WSW
13
0.6
E
10
0.8
WSW
12
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.7
E
6
0.5
E
5
0.4
E
6
0.5
E
8
0.3
SE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.3
ENE
9
Energy kJ
36
81
152
243
322
209
74
161
31
18
17
17
17
15
15
6
29
14
11
31
29
18
15
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SSW
9
1.7
SSW
10
1.5
SSW
9
0.7
W
4
0.6
E
10
0.8
ENE
4
0.8
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
5
0.6
N
3
0.8
NNW
4
1
WNW
4
1.9
WSW
8
3
WSW
9
5
WSW
11
5.5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
695
551
354
15
67
19
24
42
8
18
40
419
1684
5848
7348
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
8
5
4
4
5
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
Distance (km)
0
0
64
143
0
0
0
0
0
0
51
0
181
141
0
0
0
206
141
451
529
0
141
141
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
8
5
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
4
5
9
7
9
5
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