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Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 25 Dec 2025 SAST
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Zinkwazi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 6PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (25 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (25 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)999999999999999999999977
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2322322272422422222221881841841841882271811771771431431401371341342626
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
5
SE
5
SW
5
W
5
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassononononglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
1.58
7:22AM
1.61
7:31PM
1.48
8:13AM
1.55
8:27PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
0.42
1:00AM
0.31
1:31PM
0.49
1:45AM
0.40
2:28PM
0.57
2:41AM
0.49
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise------4:52-------4:54-------4:54-
Sunset--6:53-------6:53-------6:54-----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------121------121--
Temp. °C232323232221202121222222222121212222222120202021
Feels °C (?)212223252422222322232222232323232121212122222121
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