Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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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 8PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-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 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSW by Fri morning).
	Tue 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	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	S 14	SE 12	S 13
Wave Graph
kJ	505	505	448	440	435	442	403	367	319	319	319	240	236	200	200	167	167	137	144	134	125
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	N	SSW	S	SSW	WSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					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	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	21	20	20	18	17	17	23	26	25	21	19	18	18	18	20	21	20	19	19
Feels °C	22	20	20	20	20	17	17	16	21	23	22	18	17	17	16	16	17	20	18	18	17
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	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
kJ	505	505	448	440	435	442	403	367	319	319	319	240	98	70	200	167	167	137	134	134	108
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	S 13	S 13
kJ	16	6	52	86	130	129	115	161	213	203	189	130	236	200	45	45	35	34	35	130	125
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 3	E 8	E 8	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 8	E 9	—	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 14	S 15	S 14	S 14	E 7	E 8
kJ	26	14	14	4	6	6	6	7	8	6	1	—	89	89	58	57	106	103	144	38	29
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NE 6	E 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	SSW 2	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4
kJ	3	1	3	10	12	13	19	18	24	13	50	112	172	120	98	88	—	1	2	3	26
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Bog Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	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	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2
Distance (km)	51	83	83	26	26	26	26	26	83	83	513	83	41	23	0	23	318	76	76	0	76
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Rating (10 max)	3			3	3	3	3	3	3				3	3	3	2		2	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	6	9

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