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Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
25.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 12PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.9
NE
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
1.3
E
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)1414141313121212121111111111115161616616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6167639087777573464340403935383621454310178686766
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
5
E
10
SE
20
ESE
5
SE
10
W
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
20
ESE
30
E
40
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		offoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
1.72
3:36AM
1.78
3:49PM
1.83
4:13AM
1.91
4:24PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
0.31
9:21PM
0.18
9:40AM
0.18
9:57PM
0.06
10:17AM
0.10
10:30PM
-0.02
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-5:22-------5:22-------5:24------
Sunset----6:51-------6:51-------6:50---
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
1---1--------1--------1-
Temp. °C222425262625242423242626262624232224272727262423
Feels °C (?)232827272927262726272726272926252426282624262524
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