Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

22.3° 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 (26 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 5AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Afternoon (26 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (26 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, near gales from the SW by Tue night).
	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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)	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	S 13	S 13	SE 9	SE 9	S 17	NE 6	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 6	SSW 6	S 18	S 18	S 16	S 16	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	434	378	370	320	294	222	222	132	94	138	133	124	157	65	56	84	83	73	176	152	216	185	181	368
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	ESE	SSE	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	1:59AM1.37m					2:30PM1.37m				2:41AM1.49m				3:06PM1.50m				3:15AM1.60m				3:38PM1.62m
Low Tide				8:16AM0.55m				8:28PM0.55m				8:54AM0.42m				9:05PM0.43m				9:25AM0.30m				9:37PM0.33m


	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	2
Temp °C	16	16	15	19	20	19	17	16	14	14	14	19	20	21	20	20	19	18	18	20	20	20	17	16
Feels °C	15	14	13	16	15	14	13	11	10	10	11	18	18	22	15	17	15	15	15	17	16	17	11	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 5	SE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	S 13	S 6	S 6	S 18	S 18	S 16	S 16	S 16
kJ	434	378	370	320	294	190	159	132	30	74	37	40	31	30	29	18	83	64	92	152	216	185	181	170
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	SE 9	E 6	SE 8	SE 8	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	S 12	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9
kJ	103	102	140	179	225	222	222	113	93	24	45	35	157	65	56	84	29	41	40	72	39	45	51	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 8	E 8	S 18	—	S 17	S 18	E 5	S 12	S 17	S 16	S 16	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ENE 5	S 12	S 17	E 9	S 12	S 11	S 11	—
kJ	—	5	5	25	—	50	26	19	76	138	133	124	24	17	16	17	6	73	135	40	42	39	21	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	E 3	E 4	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	7	22	37	17	94	13	127	95	52	57	2	13	31	154	176	92	91	88	150	368
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sodwana KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	4	2	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	75	774	774	504	273	41	41	41	0	83	0	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	485	76	318
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3				2	2	2	3	2		1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3		2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	5	7	5	5

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