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Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 15 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
24.5° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 9PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)19s
Evening (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.3
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1020198888888881010999910101010108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88721744939437533320316315921226626023922518518121821825521421464
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
35
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
ESE
20
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
W
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
1.43
2:44AM
1.41
2:54PM
1.55
3:18AM
1.54
3:27PM
1.66
3:49AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.50
8:41AM
0.50
9:07PM
0.37
9:16AM
0.39
9:38PM
0.25
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------5:09-------5:09-------5:11
Sunset--6:57-------6:57-------6:57-----
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1121--------------------
Temp. °C252323232323222424252424232222232424252422222224
Feels °C (?)242122222223212322242324232223232524252522232423
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