Mtunzini Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.96° S 31.77° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Mtunzini surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 SAST

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

Today's Mtunzini sea temperature is 20.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mtunzini today?

The current surf forecast for Mtunzini at 5AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (03 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	5s
Evening (03 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	7s

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

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		Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	NNE	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	6	14	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	257	246	222	206	547	196	648	503	418	303	267	216	311	371	447	404	597	449	365	303	336	282	319	408
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSE	SE	ESE	NW	NW	N	N	N	E	E	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:00AM 1.21				1:44PM 1.26				1:51AM 1.40					2:18PM 1.47				2:26AM 1.58				2:48PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				7:28AM 0.71				7:41PM 0.68					8:05AM 0.52				8:18PM 0.49				8:35AM 0.32

		Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	21	21	20	20	19	18	16	17	23	27	26	21
Feels °C (?)	18	18	19	19	16	17	16	18	17	17	17	18	20	18	19	21	20	19	16	17	23	24	23	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Mtunzini (calm at Babanango 93 km from Mtunzini). 1.2m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.9m 7s swell from the SSE and a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the S as well as a 0.5m 10s swell from the ESE. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 35 minutes ago Mtunzini

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