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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
19.5° C
(Which is 3.6°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 7AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
!
2
1
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
1.6
SSW
2.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.4
SSW
1.4
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1312689111111111111111110788126812121315
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1421291205748225601828563486337230170167127159163149561515812584148310691377
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SSW
15
S
10
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
10
NNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
2.27
4:21PM
2.10
4:36AM
2.24
4:58PM
2.06
5:14AM
2.14
5:38PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
0.34
10:13AM
0.29
10:21PM
0.35
10:49AM
0.33
10:58PM
0.42
11:26AM
0.43
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:31-------6:31-------6:33----
Sunset------5:43-------5:42-------5:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C262120192223212019181818262725232422201921242219
Feels °C (?)211615121516181816151516232423241916151413161416
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