Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (09 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 2PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am June 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 9							Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri 12
	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)	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	S 13	ESE 9	ENE 6	ESE 9	ESE 8	SSW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	214	175	164	121	119	119	119	116	92	116	90	82	90	101	65	65	65	87	82	61	112	42	41	43
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	W	WSW	W	WNW	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off
High Tide			10:02AM1.29m				10:52PM1.47m					11:24AM1.32m				00:02AM1.56m				12:35PM1.40m				1:03AM1.66m
Low Tide					4:13PM0.56m					5:18AM0.59m				5:28PM0.52m				6:27AM0.48m				6:35PM0.44m


	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43
	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	5:01
mm	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	20	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	24	27	27	22	20	19
Feels °C	15	16	18	19	20	20	19	18	18	18	20	19	17	18	16	15	15	15	22	25	24	20	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8
kJ	214	175	164	121	119	119	119	116	92	116	90	82	90	101	65	65	65	68	61	61	150	96	79	107
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 5	S 14	S 14	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 5	S 5	S 5	S 15	ENE 4	ENE 4	S 13	S 13	ENE 6	SSW 12	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 12
kJ	4	16	16	16	16	17	14	24	22	15	9	9	9	5	39	10	11	87	82	17	48	42	41	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	—	—	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 14	S 14	S 5	S 15	S 14	ENE 5	ENE 5	SSW 12	—	S 12	S 12	SSW 11
kJ	16	16	—	—	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	16	2	38	62	9	11	50	—	25	25	43
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 5	S 5	—	S 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 3	ENE 4	E 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	—
kJ	5	30	25	24	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	11	8	24	27	32	37	55	112	186	213	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Mtunzini KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	40	0	76	366	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	83	26	76	41	0	23	26	26	41	41	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	1	1			1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5

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