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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 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 6PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (04 Feb)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
1
E
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)891011881111106101178888812121291111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173209108110187157838285645493106114981038471111111106766866
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
E
30
E
15
E
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
20
NE
25
E
25
E
15
E
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
1.94
5:48AM
2.04
5:55PM
1.87
6:18AM
1.95
6:23PM
1.78
6:47AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.39
11:27PM
0.30
11:51AM
0.45
11:57PM
0.37
12:21PM
0.54
12:25AM
0.47
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------5:33-------5:35-------5:35
Sunset--7:08-------7:08-------7:07-----
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C272726262524242528282726262523232424242323222223
Feels °C (?)272726282727272528282929292721212223242323222121
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