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Blythedale surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
23.9° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blythedale today?

The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 6PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
4
3
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
!
!
1
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.9
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
1
S
1.2
SSW
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)141381113141514141313121211111168887141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2101784321317193225072686203814029056234323473052954600113310457075904055231037
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
35
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
SSE
0
SW
10
N
20
NNE
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
NNE
20
N
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
1.67
6:51AM
1.72
6:54PM
1.55
7:28AM
1.60
7:30PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.28
12:29AM
0.17
12:55PM
0.39
1:04AM
0.29
1:34PM
0.51
1:40AM
0.43
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------5:03-------5:03-------5:03
Sunset--6:58-------6:58-------6:58-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---111-------------13211
Temp. °C252424222222212327282926242323252423222221212122
Feels °C (?)242123222325222325242623252523242119192020192022
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