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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 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
18.4° 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 5PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131716161514141313131212121111666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4113553453453674374313851132118092386268453943133931325023717312691100150
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
W
10
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
1.98
3:46AM
1.86
3:56PM
1.97
4:11AM
1.84
4:19PM
1.93
4:36AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.35
9:40PM
0.32
9:43AM
0.35
10:05PM
0.32
10:09AM
0.38
10:30PM
0.35
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------5:20-------5:18-------5:16
Sunset--6:24-------6:24-------6:25-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202120191817161823232323232325332925222020181719
Feels °C (?)191917171817151621202022222123322823211818151518
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Bonza Bay (fresh winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 030 to 090 degs) at East London Airport 12 km from Bonza Bay). 1.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 5s windswell from the E and a 0.4m 9s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 57 min ago

30 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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