Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (06 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 10PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

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 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 6			Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	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	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	NE 6	NE 6	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	ENE 5	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	135	137	127	80	79	65	48	48	60	47	47	33	38	37	37	37	37	58	39	39	69	68	77	161
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	WNW	W	NW	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	NNW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross
High Tide		7:46PM1.61m				7:57AM1.45m					8:37PM1.55m				8:56AM1.35m				9:44PM1.48m				10:17AM1.28m
Low Tide				1:58AM0.49m					2:09PM0.42m				2:56AM0.56m				3:08PM0.51m				4:12AM0.61m


	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—
	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	25	21	19	18	18	18	22	26	27	22	19	18	18	18	22	23	23	22	19	19	17	17	20	20
Feels °C	21	19	16	14	14	14	18	21	23	19	16	15	16	15	18	19	20	19	14	16	14	16	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 7	S 4	S 5	S 15
kJ	135	74	66	44	33	34	25	48	60	59	60	31	21	33	31	32	32	20	37	31	26	9	10	161
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 14	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	S 15	E 8	E 8	ENE 8
kJ	10	106	104	80	79	65	48	9	4	47	47	33	33	11	6	37	7	32	31	22	69	33	33	20
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 8	S 8	ESE 10	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	ESE 10	S 14	S 14	S 15	S 15	SE 10	S 15	S 16	SE 9
kJ	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	1	1	9	17	17	38	37	37	9	37	37	39	39	23	68	77	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	WSW 3	—	ENE 6	ENE 3	ENE 5	SW 6	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	S 5
kJ	27	137	127	93	93	82	62	23	47	128	98	—	—	5	—	12	3	58	2	2	8	16	17	11
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	79	41	41	0	0	0	26	83	79	41	0	23	0	0	75	83	67	0	26	75	0	0	0	76
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast		Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi			Umhlanga	Siyayi	Mtunzini	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)		Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Mtunzini	St Lucia	Cape Vidal	Umhlanga	Kosi Bay	Alkantstrand
Rating (10 max)		2	2	2	2	2	1			2	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	6

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