Kosi Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.87° S 32.89° E

Issued: 1 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Kosi Bay sea temperature is

24.9°C

Kosi Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Kosi Bay today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kosi Bay at 6PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 26°C on Wed morning, min 22°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 1					Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	36	77	96	83	87	60	59	100	123	118	118	125	133	133	163	160	157	120	113	110	84
Wind (km/h)	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	WSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SSW	E	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	glassy	glassy	cross	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide				7:59PM1.47m					9:13AM1.47m				10:09PM1.37m					11:25AM1.53m
Low Tide		1:46PM0.72m					2:25AM0.74m				3:44PM0.86m				4:32AM0.78m					5:51PM0.78m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Temp °C	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	24	24	23	22	22	22	23	25	24	23	22	22
Feels °C	22	22	23	24	26	24	24	25	25	26	25	23	22	24	23	24	24	22	21	22	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	E 7	SE 10	SE 9	ENE 6	E 6	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 5
kJ	33	54	96	83	87	44	45	43	123	118	118	125	133	133	163	160	157	120	113	110	33
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 10	E 10	E 10	SE 9	NE 6	E 6	ESE 10	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	ESE 9
kJ	23	77	16	51	87	40	44	100	33	31	30	21	13	23	18	14	6	6	12	12	84
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	S 12	S 12	S 11	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 6	SE 10	—	S 14	S 9	S 8	SE 9	S 6	S 6	SE 9	SE 9	S 11	S 10	SSE 6
kJ	36	3	3	2	51	60	59	26	33	—	4	2	1	13	6	6	3	3	2	2	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	—	—	—	—	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 4	—	—	—	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5
kJ	129	80	96	77	—	—	—	—	—	24	30	25	23	—	—	—	14	17	34	33	22
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2
Distance (km)	228	228	177	144	0	0	177	0	0	228	173	25	173	0	0	0	407	380	380	407	380
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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