Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (06 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 12PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

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 16°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SW by Wed night).
	Monday 6							Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	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)	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	ENE 6	S 15	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	263	200	189	160	135	133	123	99	79	65	48	48	60	47	47	33	38	37	37	37	37	84	39	38
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	ENE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	E	ENE	NNE	N	W	WNW	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	N	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		7:12AM1.54m				7:46PM1.61m				7:57AM1.45m					8:37PM1.55m				8:56AM1.35m				9:44PM1.48m
Low Tide				1:23PM0.34m				1:58AM0.49m					2:09PM0.42m				2:56AM0.56m				3:08PM0.51m


	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48
	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	5:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	19	24	25	20	19	18	17	18	22	26	27	21	19	18	18	18	21	23	24	22	19	20
Feels °C	13	13	16	20	21	18	16	14	13	13	18	21	23	18	16	16	16	15	18	19	21	18	14	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 10	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6
kJ	263	200	189	160	135	59	52	42	37	34	33	48	60	72	60	43	22	33	31	32	32	31	39	40
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	S 15	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 14	S 14	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	9	11	11	10	10	106	104	80	79	65	48	9	4	47	47	33	33	11	11	37	37	32	31	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 9	S 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 8	S 8	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	ESE 9	ESE 10	S 14	S 15	S 15
kJ	5	22	21	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	1	1	17	17	17	38	37	37	9	9	37	39	38
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	SW 3	WSW 4	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	SSW 4
kJ	37	32	22	12	25	133	123	99	93	93	75	31	45	157	124	—	3	5	—	12	31	84	—	13
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	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	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	26	83	79	41	41	0	0	0	26	83	79	41	23	23	0	0	75	83	41	23	26	75
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	1			1	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	7	5	9	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9

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