Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (10 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 12AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm June 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).
	Tue 9			Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri 12
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ESE 8	ESE 9	SSW 11	S 11	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	119	119	119	116	116	92	90	82	106	101	99	84	84	88	88	80	59	41	42	43	23	43	42	41
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	W	WSW	W	W	SE	E	ENE	N	NNE	N	N	N	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NW	NW	W	W	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross	cross-off
High Tide			10:52PM1.47m					11:24AM1.32m				00:02AM1.56m				12:35PM1.40m				1:03AM1.66m				1:33PM1.52m
Low Tide	4:13PM0.56m					5:18AM0.59m				5:28PM0.52m				6:27AM0.48m				6:35PM0.44m				7:24AM0.36m


	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—
	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01
mm	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	19	18	18	18	20	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	23	27	27	22	20	19	18	19	23	22
Feels °C	19	21	19	18	18	18	21	19	18	18	16	16	15	14	21	25	23	19	18	17	15	16	20	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8	E 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8
kJ	119	119	119	116	116	92	90	82	106	101	99	84	84	88	88	80	59	93	77	107	91	43	42	41
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	S 5	S 5	S 15	ENE 4	ENE 4	S 13	S 13	ENE 5	SSW 12	ESE 8	ESE 9	S 12	S 11	ENE 6	ENE 7	S 11
kJ	16	12	14	16	16	10	10	12	5	5	39	6	7	55	52	11	28	41	42	25	23	14	15	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 14	S 14	S 5	S 15	S 14	ENE 4	ENE 5	SSW 12	—	S 12	S 12	SSW 11	S 15	S 11	S 11	ENE 6
kJ	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	16	5	38	62	8	10	50	—	25	25	43	4	22	22	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	—	—	—	—	S 2
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	21	21	29	24	49	59	175	226	—	—	—	—	2
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	83	26	75	41	41	26	41	83	83	41	0	0	26	0	76	76
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1			1	1	1	2	2	2			3	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	8	9	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	7	5	5	6	7

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