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Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
24.7° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 4PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (12 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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)
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
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 (?)
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)99999161515881414141414131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28832830731535818622420925225215215613619513812812698868582504847
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
15
ESE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
25
ENE
35
ENE
45
ENE
35
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
25
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffonononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.13
11:36PM
1.00
12:55PM
1.11
1:45AM
1.19
1:49PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52PM
0.88
6:01AM
0.93
7:27PM
0.78
7:44AM
0.75
8:01PM
0.59
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:52------
Sunset----6:15-------6:14-------6:12---
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clear
part cloud
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thunderstorm
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202123242424222221222726262523222224292726252323
Feels °C (?)202123232224232221222522212322222223272324252425
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