Amanzimtoti Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.05° S 30.89° E

Amanzimtoti 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Amanzimtoti sea temperature is
20.5°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Amanzimtoti today (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Amanzimtoti at 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 34°C on Thu morning, min 18°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the SW by Thu night).

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
0.4
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
12
2
SSW
6
2.2
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
194
194
186
177
173
75
123
170
268
405
544
837
693
991
766
602
362
253
227
167
258
411
Wind (km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
NNE
5
ESE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
N
30
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
45
SW
35
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
6:02PM1.78m
6:13AM1.59m
6:35PM1.65m
6:48AM1.45m
7:14PM1.47m
Low Tide
11:46AM0.06m
00:12AM0.18m
12:18PM0.18m
00:47AM0.32m
12:55PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:40
5:42
 mm
Temp °C
18
19
23
24
23
21
22
22
22
21
22
21
20
19
19
18
19
25
34
33
29
23
22
Feels °C
19
19
22
23
25
24
24
24
22
19
20
20
20
20
20
18
18
22
28
28
26
17
17
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