Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 05 Dec 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
24.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 2PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (05 Dec)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.7
ENE
1
S
1.4
S
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)11111111117101010101010666699666688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49341133827926528621238612732737737114310288615840373937272249
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
1.89
4:14AM
1.80
4:32PM
1.84
4:57AM
1.78
5:13PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
0.07
10:02PM
0.03
10:18AM
0.09
10:43PM
0.05
11:02AM
0.15
11:23PM
0.12
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise4:47-------4:47-------4:47-------
Sunset----6:44-------6:45-------6:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------21----------
Temp. °C182329302724232222232423222120202021222223222121
Feels °C (?)172328292724222223222321221920202123242222222022
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