Zinkwazi Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (29.23° S 31.49° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Zinkwazi surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 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 20.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Zinkwazi today?

The current surf forecast for Zinkwazi at 12AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 02). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Evening (03 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s

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

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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	E	ENE	NE	NE	ESE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	7	5	5	6	6	10	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	95	170	201	161	131	54	96	225	406	363	542	408	364	217	244	267	258	225	206	282	203	182	193	174
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SE	ESE	ESE	NW	N	NNW	W	WSW	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				12:59AM 1.20				1:43PM 1.24				1:51AM 1.38					2:17PM 1.45				2:25AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 0.85				7:27AM 0.70				7:40PM 0.68					8:04AM 0.51				8:18PM 0.48				8:34AM 0.32

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	17	16	17	18	20
Feels °C (?)	19	20	18	19	20	17	15	15	16	18	17	16	17	18	18	18	20	20	18	17	16	18	17	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Zinkwazi (light winds from the NNE at Durban Shaka Airport 56 km from Zinkwazi). 0.8m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.7m 13s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 15 minutes ago Zinkwazi

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