Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 15 Sep 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
21.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tongaat today?

The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 12PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (15 Sep)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
6
4
4
5
3
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.8
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
S
3
S
4.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)14151414147881313131381114141313131212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63163962256937229028822622236122924229820677664573044013035213216071320121811181021
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
0
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
SW
30
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
1.14
10:16PM
1.11
12:15PM
1.14
12:57AM
1.21
1:36PM
1.34
1:52AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
0.77
5:15AM
0.78
6:42PM
0.74
7:17AM
0.61
7:49PM
0.56
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise-5:54-------5:52-------5:52------
Sunset----5:46-------5:47-------5:47---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182025262423232321212223201918181717181919191917
Feels °C (?)181923252425221919182021151413131314161616171714
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Tongaat (light winds from the N at Durban Shaka Airport 3 km from Tongaat). 1.7m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the SSE and a 0.4m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
N
Cross-Shore
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