Blythedale surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 18 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 12AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
0.8
SE
0.5
SSW
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212111111111010101099991488888121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)194515181190901757597511451373296246226190168971117155555533868382
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
SSE
0
SW
5
WNW
0
NNE
15
E
20
E
15
E
5
NE
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
1.93
4:56AM
2.03
5:05PM
1.94
5:25AM
2.04
5:34PM
1.90
5:55AM
1.99
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
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset6:38-------6:37-------6:37-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-----
Temp. °C252423222225282827252424242528282725242323242727
Feels °C (?)262726252528303030302929293030293029282625262928
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