Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (14 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 4AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 20s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (14 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (14 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Zinkwazi. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu night, fresh winds from the ENE by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 21 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | S 14 | NE 4 | ESE 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 330 | 304 | 222 | 199 | 224 | 224 | 202 | 202 | 202 | 223 | 239 | 318 | 331 | 318 | 289 | 321 | 4 | 22 | 335 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 4:25PM2.00m | 4:36AM1.93m | 4:59PM2.04m | 5:08AM1.91m | 5:31PM2.00m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:31PM0.05m | 10:42AM-0.07m | 11:04PM0.06m | 11:13AM-0.05m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 |
| kJ | 330 | 304 | 173 | 199 | 224 | 224 | 202 | 202 | 202 | 223 | 239 | 318 | 331 | 318 | 289 | 321 | 348 | 370 | 335 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | E 8 | SSE 8 | S 20 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 |
| kJ | 48 | 47 | 140 | 76 | 186 | 103 | 56 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 23 | S 22 | S 21 | S 20 | S 10 | SSW 18 | S 10 | S 9 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 9 | S 13 | S 9 |
| kJ | 93 | 149 | 222 | 124 | 18 | 182 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 3 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | N 3 | NNE 3 | — | NE 4 | ENE 4 | E 10 | NE 4 | NNE 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | — | 14 | 12 | 555 | 22 | 18 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 75 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 83 | 83 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 83 | 83 | 41 | 26 |
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Zinkwazi surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest