Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 7 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

20.7°C

Zinkwazi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (06 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 1PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (06 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, strong winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).
	Sunday 6							Monday 7								Tuesday 8
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	5	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	ESE 9	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 23	S 22	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	207	197	151	149	146	141	508	940	1782	4406	4452	3440	2450	1928	1409	1042	780	618	490	324	248	183	167
Wind (km/h)	E	N	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	NW	E	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				12:10PM1.19m				00:54AM1.31m				1:35PM1.41m				1:54AM1.50m					2:21PM1.64m
Low Tide		5:21AM0.76m				6:25PM0.72m				7:14AM0.59m				7:44PM0.52m					8:04AM0.38m				8:28PM0.33m


	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	1	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	23	25	22	19	18
Feels °C	19	19	17	17	18	17	18	17	18	18	19	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	18	19	15	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	ESE 9	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 22	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11
kJ	207	197	121	131	107	107	81	940	1782	4406	4452	3440	2450	1928	1409	1042	780	618	490	324	248	183	167
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 11	S 11	S 10	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 9	—	E 9	E 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	—	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	194	157	105	86	146	141	136	82	83	76	57	86	—	113	44	30	30	18	17	19	—	56	32
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	SE 8	SE 8	S 23	S 10	S 14	SE 7	—	—	—	—	—	S 20	S 20	S 19	—	—	—	—	SSE 14
kJ	100	123	151	149	67	64	508	100	192	14	—	—	—	—	—	8	7	7	—	—	—	—	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 9	E 10	E 4	E 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	83	151	15	23	25	39	67	145	290	277	225
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umdloti KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Robberg Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	2	2	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	4
Distance (km)	0	0	699	83	83	981	83	63	0	0	0	41	26	26	75	75	590	334	556	937	774	590	556
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Mtunzini	Mapelane						Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Siyayi	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)	3	3						4	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cave Rock Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	4	3	5	5	4	7	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Header Global	Captains South Africa	Cathedral Rock Australia	Gerickes Point South Africa	Charleston New Zealand	Injidup Carpark Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Injidup Carpark Australia	Injidup Carpark Australia	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Ansteys South Africa	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Van Stadens Mouth South Africa	Supertubes Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Cobblestones Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	5	9	9	7	6	7	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	6	6

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