Blythedale surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 SAST
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Blythedale surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Blythedale sea temperature is
25.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Blythedale today?

The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 8AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.8
SE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SE
0.5
SSW
0.6
SE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111110101010999914148138558121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1190901680597511367373296246226221168120111105559543383732565656
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
15
SE
15
ESE
10
NE
5
ENE
0
SSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
15
E
25
E
20
E
10
NE
5
NE
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
2.03
5:05PM
1.94
5:25AM
2.04
5:34PM
1.90
5:55AM
1.99
6:04PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
-0.07
11:02AM
0.01
11:10PM
-0.08
11:31AM
0.03
11:39PM
-0.04
12:02PM
0.09
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---5:37-------5:39-------5:39----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:36-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C232222242828272524242325282827252424232428282625
Feels °C (?)262525273030303029292729302929282827262629292728
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