Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tongaat today (29 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 5AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (29 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
| Evening (29 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Tongaat. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the ENE by Sat afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 29 | Friday 30 | Saturday 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 349 | 400 | 392 | 348 | 348 | 341 | 303 | 303 | 262 | 257 | 204 | 200 | 163 | 165 | 220 | 254 | 117 | 97 | 181 | 191 | 263 | 374 | 467 | 35 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:07AM1.76m | 5:24PM1.77m | 5:46AM1.64m | 6:04PM1.60m | 6:33AM1.49m | 6:53PM1.41m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:11AM0.12m | 11:36PM0.17m | 11:52AM0.27m | 00:18AM0.32m | 12:41PM0.46m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |
 | — | 5:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 |
Feels °C | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 349 | 400 | 392 | 348 | 348 | 341 | 303 | 303 | 262 | 257 | 204 | 200 | 163 | 163 | 138 | 117 | 117 | 97 | 97 | 79 | 78 | 62 | 47 | 35 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 20 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 44 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | S 10 | SW 10 | S 22 | S 21 | SW 9 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 14 | S 10 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | S 8 | SW 13 | S 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 14 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 66 | 33 | 2 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 34 | 54 | 71 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 49 | 92 | 131 | 165 | 220 | 254 | 223 | 223 | 181 | 191 | 263 | 374 | 467 | 383 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 928 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 719 | 763 | 763 | 763 | 725 | 708 | 327 | 279 | 327 | 708 | 708 | 763 | 244 | 12 |
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tongaat surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest