Siyayi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 SAST
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Siyayi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Siyayi sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Siyayi today?

The current surf forecast for Siyayi at 6AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (21 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)99999997771312121111111111111113121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)272264263226176266265287235250308407507387514322236192194209416425387299
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
WNW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
25
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:42AM
1.60
3:06PM
1.69
3:18AM
1.74
3:40PM
1.84
3:49AM
1.83
4:10PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.44
8:51AM
0.30
9:11PM
0.30
9:25AM
0.16
9:44PM
0.19
9:55AM
0.06
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise---6:20-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset------5:32-------5:32-------5:34-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616182020201919181818222221191817171821222119
Feels °C (?)151516181517191920191818211920191918181921212118
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Siyayi (calm at Durban Shaka Airport 82 km from Siyayi). 1.2m 9s swell from the E with a 0.9m 10s swell from the SSW and a 0.7m 4s local chop from the NE as well as a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSE. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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