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Umhlanga surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa
How big are the waves at Umhlanga today?
The current surf forecast for Umhlanga at 5PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (11 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
Afternoon (11 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
Evening (11 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Umhlanga. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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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 | 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 | 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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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 430 | 372 | 354 | 371 | 395 | 399 | 528 | 564 | 842 | 2244 | 1829 | 1525 | 865 | 1531 | 1456 | 1161 | 998 | 1023 | 634 | 667 | 575 | 442 | 630 | 578 | 573 | 523 | 609 | 592 | 578 | 563 | 539 | 551 | 507 | 536 | 534 | 449 | 410 | 411 | 378 | 379 | 366 | 364 | 458 | 504 | 495 | 463 | 488 | 407 | 416 | 327 | 235 | 251 | 283 | 327 | 360 | 369 | 528 | 631 | 664 | 721 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:26PM 1.67 | 4:35AM 1.73 | 5:00PM 1.73 | 5:08AM 1.74 | 5:35PM 1.76 | 5:43AM 1.73 | 6:11PM 1.77 | 6:18AM 1.67 | 6:49PM 1.74 | 6:57AM 1.58 | 7:30PM 1.67 | 7:41AM 1.47 | 8:19PM 1.58 | 8:35AM 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:13AM 0.17 | 10:27PM 0.25 | 10:46AM 0.12 | 11:02PM 0.22 | 11:19AM 0.09 | 11:38PM 0.22 | 11:53AM 0.10 | 12:16AM 0.25 | 12:28PM 0.14 | 12:57AM 0.31 | 1:07PM 0.22 | 1:42AM 0.39 | 1:51PM 0.33 | 2:36AM 0.49 | 2:45PM 0.45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | 5:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:15 | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Temp. °C | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C (?) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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