Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

22.2° 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 4AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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 Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	2	1	2
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	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	S 14	SE 12	S 13
Wave Graph
kJ	587	578	514	505	505	448	440	400	355	361	367	319	319	319	240	236	200	200	167	167	167	144	134	125
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	NE	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:58AM1.39m					8:34PM1.43m				8:48AM1.25m				9:34PM1.30m				10:12AM1.14m
Low Tide	2:00AM0.54m					2:07PM0.50m				2:49AM0.66m				2:58PM0.65m				4:00AM0.75m				4:21PM0.76m


	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	20	21	21	20	19	19	17	17	22	25	23	20	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20
Feels °C	18	17	17	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	16	20	22	20	18	17	16	16	16	18	19	20	19	19
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	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	587	578	514	505	505	448	440	400	355	361	367	319	319	319	240	82	57	200	167	167	167	134	134	108
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	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 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 7	S 14	S 13	S 13
kJ	99	28	16	16	6	52	86	130	129	115	161	213	203	189	130	236	200	44	32	31	33	144	130	125
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 9	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	E 8	E 9	—	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 15	S 14	E 7	E 7	E 7
kJ	16	16	28	26	14	14	6	4	3	4	7	5	6	6	—	90	89	58	33	106	103	24	26	28
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	E 3	E 3	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 3	S 3	SSW 4	SSW 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	8	11	15	18	16	9	46	112	172	132	95	141	—	1	5	13	18
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	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	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Senoritas KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	83	699	83	26	26	26	26	26	83	83	484	299	41	23	0	0	75	75	0	40	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Sodwana			Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay				Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Richards Bay (Outside)	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	St Lucia	Mtunzini
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3			3	3	3	3	3	3				3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dungeons Cape Town	Vleesbaai Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	6
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	8	9	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	9

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