Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

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

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 5AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SW by Wed night).
	Monday 6								Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8
	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)	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	ENE 6	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	317	263	200	189	154	135	133	127	114	79	65	48	48	60	47	47	34	38	37	37	37	37	96	39
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NNW	ENE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	N	WSW	NW	NNW	NE	E	ENE	N	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:12AM1.54m				7:46PM1.61m				7:57AM1.45m					8:37PM1.55m				8:56AM1.35m				9:44PM1.48m
Low Tide	1:12AM0.43m				1:23PM0.34m				1:58AM0.49m					2:09PM0.42m				2:56AM0.56m				3:08PM0.51m


	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	15	19	24	25	20	19	18	17	17	22	26	27	21	19	18	18	18	22	24	24	23	19
Feels °C	14	13	12	16	20	21	18	16	14	13	13	18	21	23	18	15	14	15	14	17	19	21	19	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	317	263	200	189	154	135	59	52	42	38	34	34	48	60	75	62	44	22	12	33	32	13	40	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ESE 11	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	S 15	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	S 14	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9
kJ	12	9	11	11	11	10	106	104	80	79	65	48	9	4	47	47	34	33	33	12	37	33	32	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 15	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 9	S 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 8	S 8	ESE 9	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	ESE 9	S 14	S 14	S 15
kJ	2	5	22	21	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	1	1	9	17	17	38	37	37	9	37	37	39
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	E 6	ENE 4	ENE 6	—
kJ	35	32	37	32	12	25	133	127	114	96	85	75	33	47	157	124	151	—	—	—	20	4	96	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	41	0	0	26	83	79	41	41	0	0	0	26	83	79	41	41	23	0	0	108	83	41	0	75
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	1			1	2	1	2	1			1	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	7	6	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	7	5	7	9	9	9	9

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