Sodwana 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.09° S 32.84° E

Issued: 7 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sodwana sea temperature is

24.5°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sodwana at 1PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 3							Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 10	E 9	NE 5	E 9	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	E 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	E 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	163	160	157	150	113	110	86	44	60	58	60	55	80	98	52	74	64	62	32	122	165	245	286	143	228
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NW	N	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				11:25AM1.51m				00:02AM1.44m				12:40PM1.67m				1:04AM1.60m				1:27PM1.84m				1:46AM1.76m
Low Tide						5:53PM0.76m				6:09AM0.65m				6:58PM0.59m				7:06AM0.49m				7:41PM0.43m


	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—
	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	6:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	23	24	24	24	23	22	21	21	23	25	25	23	23	22	22	22	24	26	27	24	24	24	24	24
Feels °C	24	25	25	24	25	25	24	21	22	23	24	24	22	24	24	24	23	24	24	25	23	26	23	23	26
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 6	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 9	E 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	E 7	E 7
kJ	163	160	157	150	113	110	86	30	60	42	60	41	39	40	52	74	64	35	32	24	14	41	36	143	86
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SSE 9	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 10	SSE 6	SE 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	SSW 15	E 9	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 9	E 9	SSW 13	SSW 15	S 7	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	12	8	6	6	6	7	12	44	13	17	14	13	12	42	39	45	35	24	24	16	22	1	59	35	34
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	S 6	SE 9	SE 9	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 6	S 9	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 7	S 7	S 7	—	—	—
kJ	4	3	3	3	2	2	8	12	7	8	7	4	9	12	12	25	24	17	17	4	4	1	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7
kJ	17	18	13	12	16	29	39	44	49	58	58	55	80	98	40	—	—	62	62	122	165	245	286	150	228
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Salt Rock KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Flame Bowls West	Sodwana KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Sodwana KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	118	429	429	313	0	313	0	233	756	1561	233	204	0	0	0	356	1193	1193	1147	0	313	313	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2					2	3		2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	8

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