Tongaat Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (29.63° S 31.14° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 17 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 21.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 5AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (17 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

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		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	E	ESE	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	8	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	656	627	249	181	242	216	222	258	201	147	110	108	106	80	80	78	76	78	76	73	49	50	50	50
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NE	ENE	ENE	E	N	NNE	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:00AM 1.48					2:13PM 1.66				2:31AM 1.56				2:41PM 1.71				3:00AM 1.62				3:09PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				7:57AM 0.36					8:25PM 0.28				8:28AM 0.29				8:52PM 0.21				8:58AM 0.24

		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	19	21	21	20	18	18	18	17	20	20	21	21	21
Feels °C (?)	18	17	18	18	18	19	16	17	17	16	15	16	17	18	20	17	20	18	16	20	21	20	20	21

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