Boneyards Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.03° S 24.94° E

Boneyards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Boneyards sea temperature is
13.3°C
5.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Boneyards today (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Boneyards at 6AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (23 Aug)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (23 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
9
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.4
SW
11
2.3
SW
11
2.4
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.2
SW
13
2.1
SW
12
2
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.8
SW
12
1.8
SW
12
1.9
SSW
14
2.4
SSW
13
2.5
SW
12
3
SW
12
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
2.4
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
916
1596
1570
1514
1351
1242
1886
1778
1545
1385
1131
1094
913
913
1504
1857
2096
2475
3150
3619
2340
2526
3216
1892
Wind (km/h)
25
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
W
5
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
High Tide
00:52AM1.07m
1:40PM1.10m
1:44AM1.20m
2:15PM1.24m
2:18AM1.33m
2:43PM1.39m
Low Tide
7:28AM0.60m
7:41PM0.62m
8:04AM0.46m
8:16PM0.49m
8:32AM0.33m
8:46PM0.36m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:54
5:55
5:57
 mm
1
Temp °C
14
13
14
16
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
16
17
15
14
13
12
12
13
15
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
10
11
12
14
14
14
14
12
12
12
12
15
15
13
14
12
11
10
11
13
14
14
15
15
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