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Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Tongaat today?
The current surf forecast for Tongaat at 5AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (16 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Oct) | 11ft (3.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Tongaat. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 180 | 176 | 176 | 137 | 537 | 1328 | 3615 | 4908 | 5140 | 3751 | 3201 | 2737 | 2248 | 2028 | 1510 | 1145 | 556 | 307 | 343 | 505 | 394 | 319 | 265 | 158 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:36AM 1.19 | 1:10PM 1.39 | 1:27AM 1.35 | 1:49PM 1.55 | 2:02AM 1.49 | 2:19PM 1.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:46AM 0.60 | 7:29PM 0.55 | 7:31AM 0.45 | 8:02PM 0.41 | 8:03AM 0.32 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:15 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:06 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North
Continuing clean conditions at Tongaat (calm at Durban Shaka Airport 3 km from Tongaat). 1.6m 9s swell from the ESE with a 1.0m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.5m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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