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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 14 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
18.2° C
 (Which is 5.3°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 3PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.8
SSW
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)8888888910157781110108887771010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1432412792012132602413133201312289377388966663546210204186181164164149149
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
40
ENE
25
E
15
ENE
15
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
1.50
1:59AM
1.44
2:02PM
1.59
2:40AM
1.56
2:41PM
1.68
3:14AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43PM
0.79
7:48AM
0.84
8:24PM
0.68
8:32AM
0.75
8:58PM
0.57
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------5:13-------5:15-------5:16
Sunset--7:20-------7:20-------7:19-----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----12---121--11----111
Temp. °C272827252523222224232121212120202020212121212121
Feels °C (?)252527272821201921211819202018181919202122222221
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