Sodwana 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.09° S 32.84° E

Issued: 7 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sodwana sea temperature is

24.7°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sodwana at 1PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed morning, min 21°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 2							Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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)	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 10	E 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6
Wave Graph
kJ	71	160	123	118	118	125	133	133	163	160	157	120	287	86	86	54	60	55	59	63	86	114	85	81	84
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	W	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	N	N	N	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	N	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			9:15AM1.45m				10:10PM1.34m					11:25AM1.51m				00:02AM1.44m				12:40PM1.67m				1:04AM1.60m
Low Tide					3:46PM0.84m				4:32AM0.77m					5:53PM0.76m				6:09AM0.65m				6:58PM0.59m


	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—
	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	6:08
mm	1	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	24	24	24	24	22	21	22	22	23	26	25	23	23	22	22	22
Feels °C	22	23	25	26	24	24	23	24	24	25	24	23	24	24	21	23	23	22	25	23	22	23	24	24	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	36	160	123	118	118	125	133	133	163	160	157	120	6	86	86	43	60	42	59	59	39	25	85	81	84
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	E 4	SE 9	NE 5	NE 5	S 6	S 6	S 11	NE 5	S 6	E 10	SSE 6	SE 8	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	39	33	31	19	30	21	6	13	17	18	6	6	2	24	7	44	7	17	26	13	12	12	26	25	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	S 4	—	SE 9	S 7	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	S 6	S 10	SSE 6	S 9	S 9	ESE 8	SSE 6	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 8	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	71	59	33	31	1	—	13	4	12	8	3	3	3	7	8	12	15	14	7	4	22	42	12	38	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSW 4	SSW 4	—	NE 5	NE 5	NE 4	NE 5	—	—	NE 5	NE 5	E 9	E 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	—	3	2	—	22	21	15	23	—	—	14	17	287	34	48	54	53	55	58	63	86	114	62	62	64
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Umhlanga KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	1
Distance (km)	204	0	0	0	429	204	148	0	0	148	204	429	339	429	356	0	0	247	756	1571	354	204	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Alkantstrand	Sodwana		Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)		Umhlanga			Sodwana	Umhlanga	Siyayi				Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Umhlanga	Umhlanga
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1		2	2	2	2	1	2		2			1	2	2				2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4

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