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Tongaat surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 20 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
21.8° 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 2PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)899999212019181616161514141414141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)294139403937225528904143714151348126511851092106310481110107810471138121012981238
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
WNW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		glassglassonononcross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:37PM
1.75
3:56AM
1.67
4:05PM
1.73
4:24AM
1.65
4:33PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
0.21
9:47PM
0.15
9:56AM
0.21
10:15PM
0.16
10:25AM
0.24
10:44PM
0.19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise4:50-------4:48-------4:48-------
Sunset----6:31-------6:31-------6:32---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C172022222220191818202222212121202021222222222120
Feels °C (?)172021202121191818202221212222202122222122232221
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