Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

22.4°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 (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 8PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sun 1					Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 6	ESE 9	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	63	63	82	84	82	63	64	64	135	156	180	66	104	72	190	109	107	88	114	49	96
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	ENE	SSE	WSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross-off	off	glassy	off	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide					8:06PM1.27m				9:32AM1.29m				10:20PM1.19m					11:34AM1.36m
Low Tide		1:51PM0.67m					2:33AM0.64m				3:58PM0.77m				4:39AM0.67m					6:02PM0.68m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	2	2	—	—	3	3	1	1	—	—	—	4	1	1
Temp °C	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	21	21	21	21	22	23	24	22	23	21
Feels °C	21	21	20	22	20	20	18	20	20	22	24	23	23	23	24	25	23	23	19	23	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ESE 10	SSE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 6
kJ	61	46	47	48	48	45	33	64	47	156	180	41	60	72	114	109	96	81	69	49	127
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	E 7	ESE 10	S 6	S 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	ESE 9
kJ	63	63	82	84	82	63	64	32	135	23	16	66	68	71	74	83	107	17	29	25	48
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 15	S 14	S 14	SE 5	S 14	SSW 6	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 11	S 10	SSW 10	—	S 17	S 9
kJ	12	2	2	2	2	2	4	16	16	13	4	6	3	3	12	10	8	33	—	6	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	—	SE 5	SE 5	—	SE 6	SSE 6	ESE 6	—	—	SE 6	E 6	E 6	NE 6
kJ	4	13	21	17	16	14	20	42	—	30	39	—	104	65	190	—	—	88	114	144	96
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Senoritas KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2
Distance (km)	76	76	76	23	76	76	75	40	40	0	23	75	0	0	0	0	699	83	83	699	83
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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