Sodwana Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (27.09° S 32.84° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Sodwana surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 13 Sep 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 23.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Sodwana today?

The current surf forecast for Sodwana at 2AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	17s

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

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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	60	60	80	84	105	82	80	60	163	235	273	308	222	198	250	464	279	324	236	171	121	81	50	163
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	SSW	SSE	S	S	S	SE	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	SSW	WSW	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:01PM 1.77				7:17AM 1.61				7:48PM 1.50					8:23AM 1.36				9:47PM 1.27					11:58AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				1:12AM 0.52				1:33PM 0.61					2:07AM 0.76				2:57PM 0.86				4:44AM 0.92

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	21	21	22	20	21	22	21	21	20	20	19	20	24	26	23	22	22	23	25	28	35	24
Feels °C (?)	23	22	24	22	24	20	21	22	21	22	20	21	20	22	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	22	31	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Sodwana (light winds from the S at Makatini 74 km from Sodwana). 0.7m 4s local chop from the ENE with a 0.6m 9s swell from the ESE and a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 56 minutes ago Sodwana

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