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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 29 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
19.4° C
(Which is 3.7°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 3PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (29 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (29 Dec)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thu
01
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
0.2
SSW
1.9
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)889556667977888899999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1731151466387881011281718366585670762727682645586487493482482492503
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
5
NNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
1.64
11:37PM
1.43
12:12PM
1.70
12:52AM
1.52
1:17PM
1.78
1:52AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
0.74
5:33PM
0.75
5:36AM
0.73
6:47PM
0.66
6:51AM
0.66
7:45PM
0.55
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thu
01
Sunrise-5:00-------5:01-------5:01------
Sunset----7:19-------7:19-------7:19---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202224242322222120222525242222222123252525242222
Feels °C (?)202221212019201918192221201920202023252223242422
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