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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 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
20.1° C
(Which is 2.9°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 5AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
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3
5
4
5
4
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313141417161616161514141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29145547444443742376258629612420398736643277290526012320169114841178806673483395295228174
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
15
SW
5
W
5
SW
5
N
5
NNE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
35
NE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40AM
1.80
7:18PM
1.69
7:40AM
1.61
8:42PM
1.57
9:23AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
0.70
12:51PM
0.73
1:18AM
0.88
1:52PM
0.89
2:54AM
1.03
3:39PM
0.99
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:33-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset------5:37-------5:37-------5:36-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11---------------
Temp. °C171616161919181716171616192020191818171821242321
Feels °C (?)12111091111121414161515141514141312111215171818
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