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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 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
20.4° C
(Which is 2.7°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 2AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.7
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
E
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)781011121212121215158881414131313128679
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2032343565124945052582061442701913372271911801611511471421299388217346
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
0
N
5
NNE
15
NE
30
NE
40
ENE
40
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
10
NNW
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
ESE
20
SSW
25
N
10
WNW
15
SW
25
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
1.93
2:51AM
2.15
3:11PM
2.04
3:25AM
2.24
3:45PM
2.10
4:00AM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
0.48
9:07AM
0.38
9:12PM
0.38
9:40AM
0.31
9:46PM
0.34
10:13AM
0.29
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:30-------6:31--
Sunset5:45-------5:45-------5:44-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1231-----------41------
Temp. °C222019191920242624232322232330272324242322192324
Feels °C (?)192021212020212220212124232230272321232217121516
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