Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 20 Nov 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
21.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 4PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)99992120191816161615151414141414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39402637225528904143714151348126511851108106310481110120711721228131814071238973841
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:37PM
1.75
3:56AM
1.67
4:05PM
1.73
4:24AM
1.65
4:33PM
1.69
4:54AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
0.21
9:47PM
0.15
9:56AM
0.21
10:15PM
0.16
10:25AM
0.24
10:44PM
0.19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------4:48-------4:48-------4:48-
Sunset--6:31-------6:31-------6:32-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C222222202019182022222121201919212222222221212023
Feels °C (?)212022212020182122222122201919222221222322211922
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