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7:25 am 2 Aug 2011

Sodwana ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Sodwana Surf Forecast / South Africa

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 13 pm Monday 13 Feb 2012

Sodwana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Wave Energy Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.2
ESE 		1.7
E 		1.6
E 		1.5
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E 		1.4
E 		1.6
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E 		1.9
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E 		2.5
E 		3.0
ENE 		2.4
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Period (s) (?) 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 15
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Max-energy 107 247 243 211 217 200 329 346 335 328 340 716 668 1275 1824 1111 740 653
Wind
(km/h) 		25 ESE 20 E 20 E 20 E 10 NNE 10 NE 15 E 15 SSE 20 SSE 20 SE 10 SSW 15 SSE 25 SE 30 SSE 25 SSE 35 SSE 10 SE 15 SSE
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Sodwana blow from the NW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Sodwana sea temperature is 26.9 °C (Statistics for 13 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 26.9 max: 27.8 min: 25.8 °C)
Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Mon night) Wind will be generally light Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sat night Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night) Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sat afternoon)
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  part cloud rain showers part cloud clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear part cloud rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers
Summary some clouds rain shwrs some clouds clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 4 15 4
High °C 27 26 26 27 26 27 27 26 26 27 25 26 27 25 25 26 26 27
Low °C 26 25 26 27 25 26 27 25 25 26 23 24 26 25 25 26 26 26
Chill °C (?) 27 26 26 27 26 27 27 26 26 27 25 26 27 25 25 26 26 27
Sunrise - - 5:31 - - 5:31 - - 5:31 - - 5:33 - - 5:33 - - 5:33
Sunset 18:34 - - 18:32 - - 18:32 - - 18:31 - - 18:30 - - 18:30 - -
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Global Wavefinder Islasde-todos-santos Hanalei-bay Chuns-and-jocks-reefs Salinas-river-state-beach Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Fullers Hanalei-bay Hanalei-bay Hanalei-bay Tunnels Hanalei-bay Brimms-ness Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Grindavik-antenas Lincolne-city-nelscott-reef Fullers Samoa-peninsula Inch-reefs
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Sodwana is 131 km (81 miles) from the city of Maputo. If you plan a holiday in Kwazulu - Natal, look for hotels and other accommodation in Maputo. Maputo has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.