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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 19 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
18.4° C
(Which is 4.3°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 3AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (19 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (19 Dec)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
2.1
ESE
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111101013131416161514141313131278
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)621536533467483475326396320265317563681186919851685136310451032679563447432796
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
1.67
3:19PM
1.79
3:49AM
1.72
3:50PM
1.81
4:21AM
1.75
4:23PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04PM
0.48
9:10AM
0.59
9:36PM
0.43
9:44AM
0.57
10:07PM
0.40
10:18AM
0.56
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise--4:54-------4:54-------4:56-----
Sunset------7:14-------7:15-------7:15-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818202222222120191820222221212121202121222323
Feels °C (?)191919202121222222201921212019202021192019202019
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