Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 pm 02 Nov 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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 9PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed morning).
	Mon 2					Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 6	ESE 9	E 6	ENE 6	NE 5	ENE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	ENE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	107	126	115	88	90	80	107	107	107	105	97	66	66	97	69	68	88	103	99	96	92	89	87
Wind (km/h)	S	ESE	E	E	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	WSW	N	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	9:32AM1.29m				10:20PM1.19m					11:34AM1.36m				00:06AM1.28m				12:43PM1.52m				1:05AM1.42m
Low Tide			3:58PM0.77m				4:39AM0.67m					6:02PM0.68m				6:11AM0.56m				7:03PM0.52m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—
	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	6:16
mm	1	—	—	1	2	1	1	1	1	—	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	21
Feels °C	23	23	22	23	24	22	21	23	25	26	20	21	19	20	20	25	24	24	26	24	25	24	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 10	ESE 9	E 6	ESE 9	E 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6
kJ	107	126	115	88	90	80	33	72	54	105	69	92	47	53	55	46	88	86	84	107	88	54	49
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 6	S 5	SSE 5	SSW 6	S 13	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 10	S 10	ESE 9	S 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSW 13
kJ	27	15	20	21	11	3	107	107	107	17	28	66	24	65	46	45	27	39	99	96	92	89	57
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 10	ESE 5	S 11	S 10	SSW 7	—	S 9	S 17	S 9	S 8	SE 7	S 15	S 14	ESE 9	S 8	S 8	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	16	4	4	3	3	2	23	10	8	9	—	25	6	23	22	17	70	103	27	10	4	25	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 5	ESE 4	SSE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	NE 5	E 6	ENE 6	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	—	5	13	45	19	49	56	84	87	68	97	49	66	97	69	68	51	117	151	153	129	94	87
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Ponta do Ouro Inhambane	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	76	273	300	484	75	75	75	75	26	699	83	273	537	83	41	0	0	366	0	0	23	67	41
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Kosi Bay	Sodwana			Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)	Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)	Mtunzini			Sodwana		Kosi Bay	Umhlanga	Mtunzini	Zinkwazi		Umdloti	Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Umhlanga	Umhlanga
Rating (10 max)	1	1			2	2	2	2	2			1		1	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Van Riebeek Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4

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