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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 09 May 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
19.4° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 May)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (09 May)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sun morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sun night).

Sat
9
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
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
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
1
3
3
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSE
12
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
1.2
SW
10
1.7
SSW
12
2
SSW
12
1.9
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.6
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
14
4
SW
14
3
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1913
1592
1310
1141
901
680
521
358
298
232
190
111
85
275
807
1170
1217
739
575
518
800
1787
5432
3452
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
10
SE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
10
N
30
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
WSW
30
SW
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
9:22PM1.53m
9:50AM1.43m
10:58PM1.60m
11:30AM1.49m
00:04AM1.72m
Low Tide
2:26PM0.97m
3:50AM1.08m
4:09PM0.98m
5:33AM0.99m
5:35PM0.91m
6:34AM0.84m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:47
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:21
5:20
5:19
Temp °C
18
20
20
18
17
17
18
19
26
28
21
20
18
16
16
16
19
22
22
23
23
23
22
18
16
17
16
15
14
13
13
15
24
21
14
12
10
6
7
9
12
15
13
15
16
16
17
13
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSE
12
2.4
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
SW
8
1.2
SW
10
1.7
SSW
12
2
SSW
12
1.9
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.6
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
14
0.2
ENE
8
Energy kJ
1913
1592
1310
1141
901
680
521
358
298
161
134
85
82
275
807
1170
1217
739
575
518
800
1787
2534
6
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.4
SW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.4
ENE
4
0.5
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1.1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
E
8
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.5
E
9
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SE
12
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
SSE
12
Energy kJ
15
14
64
48
6
16
70
159
159
232
190
111
64
96
96
41
31
65
43
36
8
8
7
14
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
E
9
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.7
SW
7
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
12
0.3
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
Energy kJ
26
46
14
14
56
84
54
53
37
35
35
54
85
49
37
70
14
18
9
9
6
6
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NE
3
0.8
NE
4
1
NE
6
1.4
NE
7
1.6
ENE
8
1.9
NE
8
0.4
NW
3
0.7
W
3
0.6
W
3
1
W
4
1.1
W
4
1.2
WNW
5
1.1
WNW
4
0.8
WNW
4
0.4
NW
2
0.6
NW
3
0.6
NW
3
0.5
NW
4
4
SW
14
3
SSW
14
Energy kJ
9
24
64
189
287
427
2
11
7
33
48
63
46
20
1
6
6
7
5432
3452
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
5
Distance (km)
0
99
455
24
0
0
19
19
0
47
237
182
192
404
302
330
187
138
124
151
156
204
214
52
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
2
2
3
1
4
4
4
3
3
9
3
3
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
9
5
4
5
4
4
4
9
9
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
9
6
6
6
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