Blythedale 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Blythedale today (06 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 11AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 6							Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ENE 6	SSW 14	SSW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	229	192	157	154	127	164	82	79	61	61	60	60	60	42	41	41	69	31	67	81	81	81	82	118
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	NE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NW	WSW	W	NW	NE	ENE	NE	NNW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		7:11AM1.53m				7:46PM1.60m				7:57AM1.43m					8:37PM1.53m				8:56AM1.33m				9:44PM1.47m
Low Tide				1:23PM0.33m				1:58AM0.49m					2:08PM0.42m				2:56AM0.55m				3:07PM0.51m


	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48
	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	5:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	20	23	22	19	18	17	16	17	22	26	24	21	19	18	17	17	22	24	22	21	19	18
Feels °C	12	12	17	19	21	17	15	13	12	13	18	21	22	18	17	15	14	14	19	21	20	19	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	229	192	157	154	127	124	82	79	101	94	83	60	60	33	137	91	49	31	22	31	81	81	68	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	NE 5	NE 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	38	41	31	21	20	18	18	18	61	61	60	17	17	42	33	31	31	31	31	81	31	22	82	118
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	ESE 11	ESE 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15	SSW 15	E 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 4	SSW 14	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	27	37	22	6	14	14	6	6	18	18	18	22	21	8	41	41	69	4	67	17	17	17	22	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	—	SW 3	WSW 4	—	ENE 6	ENE 4	ENE 6	SW 2	SSW 4
kJ	43	79	65	31	67	164	135	109	203	190	172	71	103	150	219	—	3	5	—	30	27	63	1	28
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	49	61	57	18	18	0	0	0	49	61	57	18	0	0	0	23	97	61	18	0	49	59
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	1			1	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	7	5	9	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9

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