Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 19 Jul 2025 SAST
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Tongaat surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tongaat sea temperature is
21.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 12AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)--
Afternoon (20 Jul)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
E
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)16151515161611116667777191816161515121216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)873814703625823706624831453534493381340528585691603543419361389377297548
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NE
10
ESE
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
30
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
1.39
11:36AM
1.22
12:23AM
1.39
1:10PM
1.30
1:40AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
0.56
5:20AM
0.61
5:41PM
0.59
6:53AM
0.54
7:13PM
0.52
8:01AM
0.42
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise-----6:47-------6:46-------6:46--
Sunset5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------
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Rain (mm)
-------------------1613102
Temp. °C181817161615192221181717171823232020202019161717
Feels °C (?)181816151413151717141414151621211918181817121515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tongaat (calm at Durban Shaka Airport 3 km from Tongaat). 2.1m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.1m 7s swell from the ESE and a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the E. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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