Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 7 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

21.9° 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 (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 1PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Evening (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	S 14	SE 12	S 13
Wave Graph
kJ	578	514	505	505	448	440	440	355	403	367	319	319	319	240	236	236	200	167	167	137	144	134	125
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NW	NE	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	W	SSW	S	S	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		7:58AM1.39m					8:34PM1.43m				8:48AM1.25m				9:34PM1.30m				10:12AM1.14m
Low Tide					2:07PM0.50m				2:49AM0.66m				2:58PM0.65m				4:00AM0.75m				4:21PM0.76m


	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	21	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	22	25	24	20	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	19
Feels °C	18	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	15	20	21	21	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	20	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
kJ	578	514	505	505	448	440	440	355	403	367	319	319	319	240	82	55	200	167	167	137	134	134	108
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	SSW 9	ESE 9	E 9	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 6	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	S 14	S 13	S 13
kJ	28	16	16	6	52	86	130	129	115	161	213	203	189	130	236	236	43	34	33	34	144	130	125
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 9	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	E 8	E 9	—	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 14	S 15	S 14	E 7	S 5	E 8
kJ	16	28	26	14	14	6	5	5	7	7	8	6	6	—	90	90	58	58	106	103	24	11	29
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 6	—	E 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	SSW 3	S 4	SSW 5	SSW 5
kJ	—	—	3	—	2	4	14	18	19	18	21	9	48	112	167	120	98	156	—	3	13	19	28
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3
Distance (km)	26	0	83	699	83	26	26	26	26	26	83	83	504	79	41	23	0	0	75	485	81	0	23
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3			3	3	3	3	3	3				3	3	3	3	2		3	2	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dungeons Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Hell West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	9
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	8	7	9	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	9

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