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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
18.9° C
(Which is 4.4°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 8AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (05 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
!
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
0.8
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)8812121214141414181716161616151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1301371533433432235727901171281824343042132712551341672424781992193918951858170517881770
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
20
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
2.03
5:20PM
1.90
5:29AM
1.93
5:45PM
1.80
5:53AM
1.82
6:14PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.47
11:14AM
0.49
11:20PM
0.56
11:40AM
0.58
11:47PM
0.68
12:08PM
0.69
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset------5:59-------5:57-------5:55-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------2111-------------
Temp. °C212120202020212020191819202121191818171720192020
Feels °C (?)202019202020222119161314141414141414131418171818
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