Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (09 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 8PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 9					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri 12
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	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	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 8	SSW 12	SSW 11	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	164	121	119	119	119	116	92	116	90	90	106	103	99	84	84	88	88	80	137	42	41	44	42	22
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SSW	SW	W	W	W	WNW	E	E	ENE	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNE	ENE	NE	NNE	WNW	WNW	W	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide	10:02AM1.29m				10:52PM1.47m					11:24AM1.32m				00:02AM1.56m				12:35PM1.40m				1:03AM1.66m
Low Tide			4:13PM0.56m					5:18AM0.59m				5:28PM0.52m				6:27AM0.48m				6:35PM0.44m				7:24AM0.36m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—
	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	5:01
mm	—	—	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	20	21	20	19	18	16	16	16	23	27	27	23	20	19	18	18
Feels °C	18	19	19	21	19	18	18	18	21	19	17	17	16	14	15	15	21	25	23	21	17	16	15	15
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	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	164	121	119	119	119	116	92	116	90	90	106	103	99	84	84	88	88	80	150	96	65	112	69	68
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 15	ENE 4	ENE 4	S 13	S 13	ENE 5	SSW 12	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 12	S 11	S 11
kJ	16	16	16	12	14	24	17	16	16	10	9	6	39	6	7	55	52	11	49	42	41	25	23	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 14	S 14	S 5	S 15	S 14	ENE 4	ENE 5	S 12	—	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	S 15
kJ	—	—	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	16	2	38	62	8	10	47	—	25	25	44	42	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 7	—	—	—	—
kJ	25	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	8	12	21	26	25	25	53	137	178	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	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	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	76	366	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	83	26	75	41	41	0	67	26	41	41	0	0	0	26
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand		Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Richards Bay (Outside)	Mapelane	Mapelane	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)			Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Kosi Bay	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Thompsons Bay	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)	2		2	2	2	2	2	1	1			1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	7	8	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	7

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