Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 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
25.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 2PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
ENE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121211111111116665161615151566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49849040230023523218013712789866159641158957868277113109101107
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
1.29
7:19PM
1.16
7:39AM
1.14
9:42PM
1.05
11:09AM
1.07
12:35AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.64
1:26AM
0.76
2:34PM
0.78
4:16AM
0.87
5:49PM
0.75
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset----5:43-------5:42-------5:40---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192125262423222221232527252423222223272725232222
Feels °C (?)202225252324232322242627262625242324272725232222
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