Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

21.0°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

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

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 7AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (06 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, strong winds from the ENE by Tue afternoon).
	Sunday 6								Monday 7								Tuesday 8
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	ESE 9	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 23	S 22	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	304	207	197	151	149	146	141	508	940	1782	4406	4452	3440	2450	1928	1258	1042	780	618	490	324	248	179	164
Wind (km/h)	NW	SSW	W	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	NE	E	NNE	N	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide					12:10PM1.19m				00:54AM1.31m				1:35PM1.41m				1:54AM1.50m					2:21PM1.64m
Low Tide			5:21AM0.76m				6:25PM0.72m				7:14AM0.59m				7:44PM0.52m					8:04AM0.38m				8:28PM0.33m


	—	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	23	24	22	19	18
Feels °C	19	19	19	16	16	18	17	18	18	17	19	17	18	16	15	15	15	14	14	18	18	15	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	ESE 9	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 22	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11
kJ	304	207	197	121	131	107	107	87	940	1782	4406	4452	3440	2450	1928	1258	1042	780	618	490	324	248	179	164
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 11	S 11	S 10	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 9	—	—	ESE 9	E 5	E 5	E 6	ESE 9	ESE 10	—	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	51	194	157	117	105	146	141	136	82	83	76	57	81	—	—	29	33	36	50	17	18	—	56	32
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSE 8	SE 8	S 23	S 10	S 14	SE 7	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	88	100	123	151	149	84	64	508	100	192	14	—	—	—	—	—	29	30	18	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 9	E 9	E 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 6	ENE 6	E 7	ENE 7	E 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	106	111	29	55	73	90	66	145	326	317	218
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sodwana KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	83	83	83	83	83	26	23	26	26	83	931	931	779	634	504	83	556	634	774	779	273
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Mapelane						Mtunzini	Blythedale	Umhlanga	Siyayi												Sodwana
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3						4	5	6	6												2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	6	4	3	5	5	4	7	8	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	6	5	8	7	6	6	7	8	5	5	5	5	6	6	9	9	8	8	7	6	6

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