Zinkwazi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.23° S 31.49° E

Issued: 1 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Zinkwazi sea temperature is

22.1°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 (09 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 9PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (09 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Sun morning, min 21°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, strong winds from the ENE by Sun afternoon).
	Fri 9					Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	173	169	151	137	111	121	108	113	113	121	105	100	107	120	138	73	101	41	41	67	101
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	E	S	ESE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			3:04PM1.96m				3:17AM1.85m				3:33PM2.01m				3:46AM1.89m				3:59PM2.01m
Low Tide	8:49AM0.10m				9:13PM0.08m				9:18AM0.03m				9:40PM0.03m				9:46AM0.01m				10:07PM0.02m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	26	34	31	29	27	24
Feels °C	24	22	22	20	20	21	20	23	24	24	24	27	24	24	24	25	31	26	24	26	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ESE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	E 8	ENE 7
kJ	173	169	151	137	111	121	108	113	113	121	105	52	50	51	59	93	101	41	41	371	125
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 14	S 6	S 5	S 15	S 14	S 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 14	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 14	ESE 8
kJ	29	29	29	19	22	67	39	21	113	101	90	100	100	76	73	73	36	3	2	67	101
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSE 7	SSW 14	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 14	SSW 10	S 9	SE 8	—	S 8	SSW 16
kJ	79	75	71	70	68	11	64	30	28	27	35	21	21	13	36	9	6	2	—	1	81
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	—	—	E 4	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	—	—	2	10	21	34	66	32	—	—	18	93	107	120	138	164	111	317	551	503	266
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	3	1
Distance (km)	81	699	76	76	76	76	76	0	75	83	23	0	41	41	41	83	649	817	108	67	83
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Rating (10 max)			2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	1					3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	9	4	9	8	5	5	6	6

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