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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 22 Dec 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Dec)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (22 Dec)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (22 Dec)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

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Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
!
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)888889999999999999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60762870981911191557156612161067899805748599549492427367313276235241307320314
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
35
NE
45
ENE
50
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
1.77
4:56PM
1.79
5:28AM
1.77
5:31PM
1.75
6:04AM
1.76
6:08PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
0.40
10:52AM
0.56
11:11PM
0.41
11:28AM
0.58
11:44PM
0.44
12:07PM
0.61
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Sunrise--4:56-------4:56-------4:56-----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:16-
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------1----------2321---
Temp. °C232222242626242323222123252423232220212021212120
Feels °C (?)211920212120212222212121232221232117191819192019
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