Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 Feb 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
27.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 9PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 23). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
1.4
E
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)75813131313131212121212121212126679998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)701145184848482514747464627467377756694159145162168116
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
45
ENE
50
ENE
30
NNE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
SSW
25
SW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
1.52
7:41AM
1.52
7:57PM
1.31
8:44AM
1.30
9:44PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
0.37
1:21AM
0.39
1:57PM
0.56
2:13AM
0.61
3:18PM
0.75
4:18AM
0.79
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:41-------5:41
Sunset--6:32-------6:31-------6:30-----
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--1102-----------1-------
Temp. °C292727232323232326262524242322232425262524232324
Feels °C (?)272222222121212326272624272523232424262626252627
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