Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Blythedale today (30 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 1AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 29). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (30 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
| Evening (30 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Blythedale. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Sun morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the SE by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 29 | Friday 30 | Saturday 31 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 341 | 303 | 303 | 262 | 257 | 204 | 196 | 141 | 207 | 208 | 171 | 154 | 165 | 171 | 216 | 78 | 58 | 46 | 44 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:24PM1.81m | 5:46AM1.68m | 6:04PM1.63m | 6:33AM1.53m | 6:53PM1.44m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:36PM0.17m | 11:52AM0.28m | 00:18AM0.32m | 12:41PM0.47m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 |
Feels °C | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 341 | 303 | 303 | 262 | 257 | 204 | 196 | 141 | 138 | 138 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 97 | 78 | 78 | 58 | 46 | 44 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | E 7 | SSW 19 | E 7 | E 7 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 39 | 37 | 17 | 70 | 17 | 17 | 69 | 64 | 61 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 9 | SSW 19 | SW 10 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | S 9 | — | E 10 | E 9 | S 16 | S 16 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 5 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 36 | 72 | 33 | 55 | 33 | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | 19 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 4 | ENE 7 | NE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 7 |
| kJ | 74 | 72 | 17 | 78 | 18 | 26 | 63 | 128 | 207 | 208 | 171 | 154 | 165 | 171 | 216 | 361 | 549 | 546 | 412 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 61 | 61 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 61 | 751 | 1020 | 909 | 769 | 757 | 631 | 295 | 295 | 612 | 739 | 644 | 533 | 277 |
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Blythedale surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest