Bonza Bay surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 27 Dec 2025 SAST
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Bonza Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bonza Bay sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bonza Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Bonza Bay at 5PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (27 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (27 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)9109999999666688895666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)170221111106104807876761371289575163138138177104171173184222274348
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
1.66
8:48PM
1.44
9:38AM
1.63
10:11PM
1.40
10:57AM
1.64
11:37PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.77
2:52AM
0.70
4:07PM
0.79
4:10AM
0.74
5:33PM
0.75
5:36AM
0.73
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Sunrise------4:58--------5:00-------5:01
Sunset--7:17-------7:17-------7:19-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
221111-11211------------
Temp. °C202121202020192021212121212020222424232222222324
Feels °C (?)202019181920192220202021222020222221201920202122
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