Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (10 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 11AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am June 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

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	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 10							Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat 13
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	SSW 11	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 5
Wave Graph
kJ	92	92	92	82	90	86	99	84	84	87	88	61	72	41	41	43	42	43	42	41	41	42	44	46
Wind (km/h)	W	W	SE	E	ENE	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSE	E	E	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				11:24AM1.32m				00:02AM1.56m				12:35PM1.40m				1:03AM1.66m				1:33PM1.52m				1:56AM1.76m
Low Tide						5:28PM0.52m				6:27AM0.48m				6:35PM0.44m				7:24AM0.36m				7:33PM0.33m


	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45
	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	5:01
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	23	27	27	22	20	19	18	18	24	23	22	21	19	19
Feels °C	18	18	20	19	18	18	16	15	15	14	21	23	23	19	17	17	15	15	22	20	21	18	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 5
kJ	92	92	92	82	90	86	99	84	84	80	88	61	44	111	79	63	86	43	42	41	41	42	44	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	S 5	S 5	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	SSW 12	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	S 11	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	E 5	E 5	S 11	ESE 8
kJ	17	10	10	10	5	5	39	38	62	87	51	47	48	41	41	43	23	14	15	7	4	2	9	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 14	S 14	S 5	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	S 6	—	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	E 5	ESE 11
kJ	13	13	12	12	16	16	5	3	4	7	9	1	—	25	25	25	42	22	22	10	9	9	2	46
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	E 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	S 4	S 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	12	15	19	26	10	72	170	150	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	20	66
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sharpleys Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	83	83	26	26	41	41	26	83	415	393	41	0	0	0	0	0	584	0	76
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1			1	1	1	2	2				2	2	2	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	6	4	6
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	8	9	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	7	8	8

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