Sodwana 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.09° S 32.84° E

Issued: 7 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sodwana sea temperature is

23.7° C

Sodwana 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 Sodwana today (21 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sodwana at 10PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Evening (21 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Thu morning). Mainly strong winds.
	Tue 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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)	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	666	614	551	551	551	503	511	465	416	367	361	314	272	272	197	197	197	164	134
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			8:31PM1.61m				8:46AM1.45m				9:28PM1.46m				10:02AM1.32m
Low Tide	2:10PM0.55m				2:45AM0.71m				3:00PM0.71m				3:52AM0.82m				4:22PM0.83m


	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	21	20	20	20	22	24	21	21	21	20	20	19	23	25	22	22	21
Feels °C	21	21	21	20	21	21	22	22	19	20	20	20	20	17	19	21	19	21	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
kJ	666	614	551	551	551	503	511	465	416	367	361	314	272	272	197	197	197	164	134
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 4	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	15	14	14	13	9	54	53	82	78	73	69	63	36	35	18	48	46	43	71
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	S 9	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	—
kJ	14	6	28	54	53	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	—	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	—	6	11	12	—	6	9	17	29	32	49	73	83	90	111	138	129	143	148
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Quissico Inhambane	Quissico Inhambane	Mtunzini KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Sodwana KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Distance (km)	356	247	0	0	0	0	0	356	429	356	313	313	233	247	233	429	204	118	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast		Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Kosi Bay				Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Mtunzini		Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)		3	3	3	3	3	3				3	3	3	2	2		3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Treskostraal West Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dungeons Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Vleesbaai Overberg	Santos Reef Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5
Header Global	Fare Left French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Bancoora Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	9	9

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