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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 23 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
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 12PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (23 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (23 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
0
0
!
5
5
4
4
4
2
1
0
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
1.6
S
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615141414141414141313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36931273272329873208295929182670236721221736156112641121865752648618598579494425418411
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
5
S
5
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offcross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
1.95
6:30PM
1.78
6:58AM
1.89
7:09PM
1.68
7:42AM
1.79
7:57PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27PM
0.50
12:34AM
0.44
1:07PM
0.58
1:12AM
0.54
1:54PM
0.70
1:59AM
0.67
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise-5:22-------5:22-------5:24------
Sunset----7:16-------7:15-------7:15---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212223232222211919212324242322232224262526252424
Feels °C (?)171819191923221919212324232323242426282727262525
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