Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

22.2°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 4AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (08 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Fri morning, min 19°C on Thu morning). Mainly strong winds.
	Thursday 8								Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 7	ESE 9	ENE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 15	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	248	237	232	232	48	161	184	161	248	211	211	173	169	140	134	137	108	150	127	112	97	105	105	124
Wind (km/h)	W	N	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	WNW	W	NNW	NE	E	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	S	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		2:15AM1.65m				2:34PM1.86m				2:47AM1.77m				3:04PM1.96m				3:17AM1.85m				3:33PM2.01m
Low Tide				8:17AM0.21m				8:44PM0.18m				8:49AM0.10m				9:13PM0.08m				9:18AM0.03m				9:40PM0.03m


	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:59	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	19	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	21	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23
Feels °C	19	18	18	20	17	17	20	22	22	20	22	25	23	20	19	19	19	19	20	22	23	24	22	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 7	ESE 9	E 6	E 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 6	S 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9
kJ	248	237	232	232	48	161	148	97	248	211	211	173	169	140	134	137	108	76	66	92	94	105	105	124
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 19	S 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 15	S 14	S 6	SSW 13	SSW 12
kJ	121	77	60	58	28	40	133	161	42	42	42	29	29	29	19	19	17	108	90	112	97	15	53	51
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	S 19	S 19	S 19	—	S 19	S 8	S 8	S 18	S 18	S 16	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 13	SSW 5	SE 8
kJ	7	7	27	27	—	64	43	42	161	155	82	79	75	71	70	68	66	63	28	27	27	89	9	17
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 3	ESE 9	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	—	—	—	—	S 3	SSW 4	SSW 5	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	—	—	NE 6
kJ	—	—	—	5	340	121	184	159	—	—	—	—	—	2	10	31	50	150	127	47	35	—	—	28
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Senoritas KZN North	De Kelders Overberg	Zinkwazi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	2
Distance (km)	76	23	0	0	75	556	817	83	83	0	0	23	26	83	764	76	76	76	76	76	23	75	1286	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)					Mtunzini	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Siyayi			Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Cape Vidal	Alkantstrand		Umdloti
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2					3	3	3	3			2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Vleesbaai Overberg	Vleesbaai Overberg	Vleesbaai Overberg	Vleesbaai Overberg	Vleesbaai Overberg	Dungeons Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	7	7

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