Blythedale surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 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
27.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Blythedale today?

The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 1PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
NE
0.9
SSE
1.4
NE
1.5
ENE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)88121291099988885558561313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333283822631424156506461587269738910613881121125125123
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
ENE
45
ENE
40
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcrossglassglasscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
1.99
6:04PM
1.81
6:26AM
1.88
6:36PM
1.67
7:00AM
1.71
7:12PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
0.09
12:10AM
0.05
12:35PM
0.21
12:43AM
0.20
1:12PM
0.37
1:21AM
0.39
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:41------
Sunset----6:36-------6:35-------6:34---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-----42-------------133-
Temp. °C242527272624242323242727262423222224292926232322
Feels °C (?)272829272827282626272726252322212122262523232421
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