Zinkwazi Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 22 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is
21.2°C
0.3° 

Zinkwazi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today (22 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 5PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 22). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (22 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (22 Aug)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 38°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sat night, calm by Mon night).

Sat
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.7
S
15
1.5
S
5
2.3
S
7
2.5
S
9
3
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
3
S
10
2
S
10
1.8
S
10
1.6
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
9
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
96
97
213
0
554
1146
1844
2047
1548
1758
786
612
470
422
369
319
273
276
248
169
132
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
15
WNW
20
NE
50
SSW
50
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
12:05PM1.05m
00:57AM1.16m
1:47PM1.20m
1:56AM1.32m
2:24PM1.37m
Low Tide
6:12PM0.87m
7:29AM0.74m
7:45PM0.72m
8:11AM0.58m
8:23PM0.56m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:34
5:35
 mm
Temp °C
29
38
33
20
19
19
19
18
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
16
19
20
19
19
17
Feels °C
26
33
29
13
11
12
12
11
13
15
17
18
17
16
16
15
17
17
17
19
17
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