Zinkwazi Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is
21.6° C
0.2° 

Zinkwazi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 10PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (04 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SE
10
1.1
SE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
1
SE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
10
0.7
S
18
0.4
S
17
0.4
S
17
0.4
S
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
315
250
296
231
181
157
154
139
136
110
110
100
100
100
105
300
94
93
91
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:07PM1.72m
7:18AM1.53m
7:49PM1.59m
8:05AM1.37m
8:48PM1.44m
Low Tide
1:19AM0.38m
1:27PM0.35m
2:06AM0.51m
2:17PM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:23
5:23
5:24
 mm
Temp °C
21
20
18
17
16
16
19
22
22
21
20
19
19
20
27
21
20
19
20
Feels °C
19
19
17
17
16
16
18
20
22
21
19
16
15
16
23
16
17
15
17
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