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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.9°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 4AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 05). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (05 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (05 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010611119888111212129111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)919185888586929368626465669811111110678666666646259
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
0
NNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
N
15
N
10
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SE
10
E
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
2.04
5:55PM
1.87
6:18AM
1.95
6:23PM
1.78
6:47AM
1.84
6:50PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
0.30
11:51AM
0.45
11:57PM
0.37
12:21PM
0.54
12:25AM
0.47
12:51PM
0.65
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---5:33-------5:35-------5:35----
Sunset------7:08-------7:07-------7:07-
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
heavy rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1-----315-----------1---2
Temp. °C252424252828242324242424252525242323222327282624
Feels °C (?)292927282929242425252324252526262524232529282524
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