Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (05 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 10PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	11s
Evening (05 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s

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). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 5			Monday 6								Tuesday 7								Wed 8
	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)	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 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
Wave Graph
kJ	527	427	366	317	263	204	189	154	154	133	127	99	79	65	48	48	60	47	47	34	38	37	37	37
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	ENE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	N	W	NW	NNW	NE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross	cross	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	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on
High Tide		7:05PM1.66m				7:12AM1.54m				7:46PM1.61m				7:57AM1.45m					8:37PM1.55m				8:56AM1.35m
Low Tide				1:12AM0.43m				1:23PM0.34m				1:58AM0.49m					2:09PM0.42m				2:56AM0.56m


	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—
	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	19	17	16	16	15	19	24	25	20	19	18	17	17	22	26	27	21	19	18	18	18	22	24
Feels °C	17	17	15	14	13	12	16	20	21	17	16	14	13	12	18	21	23	18	16	15	15	14	17	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	ENE 6	SE 10
kJ	527	427	366	317	263	204	189	154	154	59	64	42	33	24	24	48	60	75	77	44	30	19	12	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	ENE 4	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	SE 10	S 14
kJ	5	5	10	12	9	11	11	11	10	106	104	80	79	65	48	9	4	47	47	34	33	33	32	37
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 16	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	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	ESE 10
kJ	21	21	20	2	5	22	21	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	1	1	17	17	17	38	37	37	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 3	ENE 4	NE 4	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
kJ	3	4	29	35	32	37	32	12	25	133	127	99	72	72	75	32	47	157	124	151	—	—	—	19
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	83	41	41	23	0	0	26	83	79	41	41	0	0	0	26	83	83	41	23	23	0	0	75	83
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Rating (10 max)		2	3	3	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	1			2	3	1	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	7

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