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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 08 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
19.8° C
 (Which is 3.5°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 9PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.6
SSW
1
S
1.3
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)111111111111101014131312121211111110101015141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)536632546526442375521218674142113571098841698639526440314250204343593736506
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
5
NE
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
1.63
7:36AM
1.72
7:39PM
1.51
8:21AM
1.61
8:26PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.63
1:03AM
0.54
1:41PM
0.74
1:42AM
0.66
2:29PM
0.84
2:29AM
0.78
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------5:09-------5:09-------5:09
Sunset--7:20-------7:20-------7:20-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------111----
Temp. °C262626242322202123232322212121212122222222212225
Feels °C (?)232426272317171720192122212120191919202022222224
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