Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 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
23.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 10AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (18 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (18 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
1
0
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
SSW
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.9
SSW
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
E
0.9
S
0.7
SSW
1
S
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)77712117109912121111121211111191115161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176152144158478163184190155327316231354387383363295240191184225522778871
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
S
10
S
15
SE
5
NE
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
1.60
3:18AM
1.54
3:28PM
1.65
3:51AM
1.60
4:00PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
0.38
9:08PM
0.28
9:17AM
0.32
9:40PM
0.23
9:50AM
0.28
10:11PM
0.19
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise4:50-------4:50-------4:50-------
Sunset----6:52-------6:52-------6:53---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
23111-11----------11121-
Temp. °C202021212121202020222524232222212122232323222322
Feels °C (?)192022222222212120202321222324232425252427252523
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