Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

22.8°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 6AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Evening (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 21°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.
	Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	NE 6	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	102	99	86	69	103	99	96	92	89	86	86	90	89	56	50	51	121	83	52	70	81	116	198	190	149	154
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	SW	SSW	S	SSW	WSW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NNE	NE	NW	N	SSW	S	S	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on
High Tide	00:06AM1.28m				12:43PM1.52m				1:05AM1.42m				1:28PM1.66m				1:47AM1.55m					2:05PM1.77m				2:22AM1.66m
Low Tide			6:11AM0.56m				7:03PM0.52m				7:06AM0.43m				7:44PM0.38m				7:46AM0.32m					8:17PM0.26m


	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	6:19
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	1
Temp °C	21	21	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	24	31	31	28	27	27	28	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21
Feels °C	22	23	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	22	24	30	28	26	26	29	30	20	22	23	24	22	24	24	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	S 13	S 13	S 13	ENE 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 7	S 8	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10
kJ	93	85	78	62	50	35	33	33	24	24	86	90	89	405	239	153	153	100	78	57	81	116	198	190	149	154
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	SSW 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7
kJ	47	46	46	31	103	99	96	92	89	86	26	15	—	56	50	51	54	83	52	52	57	55	55	41	40	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 15	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 7	S 7	—	—	—	NNW 4	S 13	—	—	—	S 13	S 12	—	S 15	ESE 4	E 5
kJ	24	23	22	69	30	26	26	26	26	26	4	4	—	—	—	1	121	—	—	—	52	47	—	17	6	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	NE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 5	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	N 4	NE 8	—	S 3	S 5	S 7	—	—	—	SE 4	—	—
kJ	102	99	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	30	52	182	627	35	344	—	6	29	70	—	—	—	21	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Cemetery Cape Town	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Tongaat KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	41	23	0	75	1336	0	0	23	26	41	83	938	938	484	158	23	23	55	76	366	1336	485	366	81	76	81
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	1					2	3	2	2	2						3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	9

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