Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
25.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 3PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)17161615151514141414131356131212121212111155
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5586837975112106101969492577513581754747464543422428
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
10
E
20
E
15
NE
15
SW
10
W
10
W
5
NW
10
N
20
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
5
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
SW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
1.10
12:36AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.90
5:51PM
0.78
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset----5:39-------5:38-------5:37---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------11--11-
Temp. °C232429282523222221212628272525232323232424242323
Feels °C (?)242528272625242423222524242826242322222325272626
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