Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
24.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 12PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)161616151515141414131313566667121211555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5386827711310910196939086851259282645357467043283437
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NW
10
ENE
20
E
15
S
10
SW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
N
20
NE
25
ENE
5
ESE
20
S
10
SSW
5
W
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
0
ESE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
1.07
12:35AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.87
5:49PM
0.75
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset----5:40-------5:39-------5:38---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---1--11-
Temp. °C232530292523232221222628262424232323242424232323
Feels °C (?)232528272626252423232527292526262424232426252726
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