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Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 SAST
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Zinkwazi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is
24.0° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 12AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
4
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.6
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)7101314151514141312121111111178887771212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23370811961604202916401158753470297229203196192582517845686454339399274199187
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
20
NNE
30
ENE
45
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
35
NNE
5
NNW
20
SSW
20
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
1.69
6:51AM
1.73
6:54PM
1.57
7:28AM
1.61
7:30PM
1.44
8:07AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.18
12:55PM
0.39
1:04AM
0.30
1:34PM
0.51
1:41AM
0.43
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:01-------5:03-------5:03--
Sunset6:57-------6:57-------6:57-------
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11-------------13321--
Temp. °C242322222223262730262525242525242222212120212223
Feels °C (?)222323242423232227222328242523201718171818202122
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