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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 24 Jan 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
21.2° 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 1PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (24 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (24 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313121212121212121212121111899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)236721221736156113971121865752752705672579494425418349349343288278221472435348
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
0
S
10
SE
15
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
25
E
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
1.89
7:09PM
1.68
7:42AM
1.79
7:57PM
1.55
8:39AM
1.67
9:06PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.58
1:12AM
0.54
1:54PM
0.70
1:59AM
0.67
2:58PM
0.81
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
Sunrise-5:22-------5:24-------5:24------
Sunset----7:15-------7:15-------7:15---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------3--
Temp. °C192123252523222222242526242424242425292827242423
Feels °C (?)192223252423232324272727242425252526282832272724
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