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Blythedale surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 24 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
23.4° C
 (Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blythedale today?

The current surf forecast for Blythedale at 5AM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 24). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (24 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (24 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.8
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)16151514141414141413131313131313121212126121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215120962249203218301640144212431065919799599499395329334314252248195229150113111
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
25
ENE
35
E
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
45
ENE
50
NE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
1.78
7:02PM
1.60
7:33AM
1.67
7:43PM
1.45
8:21AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
0.14
1:03PM
0.31
1:11AM
0.25
1:46PM
0.43
1:54AM
0.40
2:41PM
0.57
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---5:16-------5:16-------5:18----
Sunset------6:55-------6:54-------6:54-
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
211-----1---------------
Temp. °C222222232525242323232325282726252424232531313027
Feels °C (?)242424252524232425252627282525252524232429272525
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