Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (05 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 12PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	11s
Afternoon (05 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	11s
Evening (05 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s

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 15°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 5							Monday 6								Tuesday 7								Wed 8
	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
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	NE 6	NE 6	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	642	686	581	504	563	427	366	311	263	200	189	154	135	137	137	80	79	65	48	48	60	46	47	33
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	ENE	ESE	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	glassy	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide						7:05PM1.66m				7:12AM1.54m				7:46PM1.61m				7:57AM1.45m					8:37PM1.55m
Low Tide				12:45PM0.26m				1:12AM0.43m				1:23PM0.34m				1:58AM0.49m					2:09PM0.42m


	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48
	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	5:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	19	20	20	18	17	16	16	15	19	24	25	20	18	18	17	17	21	26	27	21	19	19
Feels °C	14	15	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	16	20	22	18	15	14	13	12	17	21	23	18	15	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6
kJ	642	686	581	504	563	427	366	311	263	200	189	154	135	59	53	44	38	34	25	48	60	75	77	44
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	SE 11	ESE 10	SE 10	S 16	S 16	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	S 15	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	47	29	22	28	5	5	6	8	9	11	11	12	10	106	104	80	79	65	48	9	4	46	47	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	S 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 15	S 8	ESE 9	S 15	S 15
kJ	7	6	24	21	21	21	20	4	5	22	21	11	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	1	9	17	17
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	5	4	26	27	32	37	34	30	25	137	137	118	93	93	82	34	48	157	136	82
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	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	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	83	83	41	41	40	0	0	26	83	67	41	41	0	0	0	26	83	79	41	41	23
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3			2	3	3	2	2	2		1	2	2	2	2	2	1			2	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	9	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	9	9

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