Sodwana Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (27.09° S 32.84° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Sodwana surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 SAST

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

Today's Sodwana sea temperature is 24.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sodwana today?

The current surf forecast for Sodwana at 6PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (12 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (12 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Wednesday 12					Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	15	15	15	11	11	11	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	137	256	160	222	222	222	198	158	161	152	414	679	923	1285	1334	1326	1122	951	783	717	500	433	402	353
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ENE	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:40AM 1.46				9:19PM 1.33				10:47AM 1.44					11:27PM 1.35				12:15PM 1.55				12:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			3:04PM 0.85				3:46AM 0.79					5:17PM 0.84				5:37AM 0.74				6:35PM 0.72				6:42AM 0.62

	Wednesday 12					Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	24	23	22	22	22	24	25	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	23
Feels °C (?)	26	27	24	26	25	25	24	24	23	19	18	18	17	16	17	17	19	20	18	17	17	16	16	18

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