Zinkwazi Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is
21.6° C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 10AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (07 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Fri night, near gales from the SSW by Sun night).

Friday
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
S
6
1
S
6
0.4
S
15
0.4
SSW
14
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.4
SSW
12
0.6
ESE
9
0.4
S
17
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
15
1.6
NE
6
1.3
NE
6
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
17
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
S
15
1.3
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
66
76
68
65
92
89
65
65
65
66
49
66
89
127
112
150
119
67
64
65
101
87
69
126
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
40
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:21AM1.23m
10:32PM1.32m
11:42AM1.20m
00:37AM1.37m
1:26PM1.35m
Low Tide
3:16AM0.65m
3:39PM0.65m
5:14AM0.70m
5:52PM0.67m
7:06AM0.59m
7:31PM0.54m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:24
5:25
5:25
 mm
1
Temp °C
20
20
19
20
21
20
20
19
18
17
17
25
28
26
21
20
19
19
18
20
20
20
19
18
Feels °C
17
19
18
18
19
19
20
19
17
15
16
22
22
21
17
17
16
16
17
18
17
16
15
11
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