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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
20.7° C
(Which is 2.9°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 1PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
SSW
0.6
S
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1111119116111012121111111111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1511141101548699240346593521343263268217217214198194191187177170167164
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
0
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
1.58
1:43AM
1.76
2:04PM
1.73
2:22AM
1.92
2:39PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.89
7:30PM
0.81
8:05AM
0.72
8:09PM
0.66
8:38AM
0.59
8:41PM
0.54
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset----6:08-------6:07-------6:07---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---121---------------111
Temp. °C232123222221202020202122212221212021222222232323
Feels °C (?)241920192121191918192021212423232122222121222222
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