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Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 26 Jan 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
24.2° 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 9PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (26 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (26 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.8
SSW
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
SSW
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)67777788117777777778666614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23046973877365558433124016410610097949481888386143132167191140158
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
10
N
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
15
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
1.50
8:40PM
1.27
9:35AM
1.35
10:23PM
1.15
11:37AM
1.29
12:41AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
0.56
2:53AM
0.54
4:10PM
0.67
4:37AM
0.66
6:18PM
0.65
6:46AM
0.61
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise-------5:18-------5:20-------5:20
Sunset--6:55-------6:55-------6:54-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302927262424242627272625242424242626252424232325
Feels °C (?)292724252227252728292829272727282927282628262628
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