Ballito Bay to north of Zwinkazi
Weekend 23 February 2019
Ay cuz! It's going off Friday with sublime 4-5ft cyclonic SE swell in lukka glassy landbreezes. The offshore continues in morning and a light becoming moderate NE onshore blows by arvi. Make hay! Partly cloudy and hot with showers. Saturday the N to NE onshore puffs, but could be kiff quick dawn patrol. Chance of early skunkage with early onshore. Expect cross-mixture of SW and E swell open coast. Partly cloudy and hot with showers. Sunday smooth clean 2-4' SSW swell on open coast in glassy landbreezes with mild NE puffing soon. Partly cloudy and hot with showers. Monday lekker 3-4' surf open coast epic light W offshores and nice conditions. Super fun surf. Partly cloudy and warm with showers. Tuesday the epic run is over, with stiff beastly onshores kapping it. Partly cloudy and hot.
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KZN North Coast
- Sea Temp: 23.7 Degrees C
- Sunset: 6:35 PM
- Sunrise: 5:42 AM
Swell Height And Direction (feet)
Sat 23
Sun 24
Mon 25
Tue 26
Wed 27
Thu 28
Fri 01
Sat 23
08
11
14
17
20
Sun 24
08
11
14
17
20
Mon 25
08
11
14
17
20
Tue 26
08
11
14
17
20
Wed 27
08
11
14
17
20
Thu 28
08
11
14
17
20
Fri 01
08
11
14
17
Wind Speed And Direction (knots)
Sat 23
08
11
14
17
20
Sun 24
08
11
14
17
20
Mon 25
08
11
14
17
20
Tue 26
08
11
14
17
20
Wed 27
08
11
14
17
20
Thu 28
08
11
14
17
20
Fri 01
08
11
14
17
Detailed Beach and Regional Forecasts - click tab for data
- Sat 23
Beach forecast
surf range in feetTime Richards Bay Alkanstrand Sodwana Bay 02 2-3 1-2 1-2 05 1-2 1-2 1-2 08 1-2 1-2 1-2 11 1-2 1-2 1-2 14 1-2 1-2 1-2 17 2-3 0-1 1-2 20 2-3 0-1 1-2 23 2-3 0-1 1-2 Regional forecast
Time
hours 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 Open Ocean Swell
feet m period dir° 5.1 1.6 9.6 SE127 5.1 1.6 10.1 SE141 5.1 1.6 10.0 SE143 5.2 1.6 10.5 SSE155 5.4 1.6 11.2 S171 5.7 1.7 13.1 SSW200 5.8 1.8 13.1 SSW199 6.0 1.8 14.2 SSW209 Wind
kts kph dir° beaufort 11 21 NE48 Mod. Wind 15 28 NNE18 Fresh Wind 14 26 NNE13 Mod. Wind 16 29 NNE16 Fresh Wind 17 32 NNE31 Fresh Wind 19 35 NE49 Fresh Wind 16 30 NE47 Fresh Wind 16 31 NE50 Fresh Wind Tides
time / range- High
- 6:12 AM/2.07m
- 6:23 PM/1.93m
- Low
- 12:20 PM/0.30m
- High
- Sun 24
Beach forecast
surf range in feetTime Richards Bay Alkanstrand Sodwana Bay 02 2-3 0-1 1-2 05 2-3 0-1 1-2 08 2-3 0-1 1-2 11 2-3 0-1 1-2 14 2-3 0-1 1-2 17 2-3 0-1 1-2 20 2-3 0-1 1-2 23 2-3 0-1 1-2 Regional forecast
Time
hours 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 Open Ocean Swell
feet m period dir° 6.1 1.9 14.5 SSW209 6.1 1.9 14.3 SSW209 6.0 1.8 14.1 SSW209 5.9 1.8 14.1 SSW209 5.8 1.8 13.7 SSW208 5.6 1.7 13.3 SSW207 5.4 1.6 13.0 SSW204 5.3 1.6 12.6 SSW204 Wind
kts kph dir° beaufort 15 28 NE38 Fresh Wind 12 23 NNE29 Mod. Wind 12 23 NNE24 Mod. Wind 12 23 NNE28 Mod. Wind 11 21 NNE30 Mod. Wind 8 16 NE41 Mod. Wind 9 17 ENE65 Mod. Wind 9 17 ENE69 Mod. Wind Tides
time / range- High
- 6:47 AM/1.93m
- Low
- 12:32 AM/0.28m
- 12:55 PM/0.45m
- High
- Mon 25
Beach forecast
surf range in feetTime Richards Bay Alkanstrand Sodwana Bay 02 2-3 0-1 1-2 05 1-2 0-1 1-2 08 2-3 0-1 1-2 11 2-3 0-1 1-2 14 2-3 0-1 1-2 17 2-3 0-1 1-2 20 2-3 0-1 1-2 23 2-3 0-1 1-2 Regional forecast
Time
hours 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 Open Ocean Swell
feet m period dir° 5.3 1.6 12.3 SSW201 5.4 1.6 12.0 S191 5.4 1.7 12.8 SSW195 5.5 1.7 13.8 SSW202 5.5 1.7 14.3 SSW206 5.5 1.7 14.1 SSW206 5.5 1.7 13.7 SSW204 5.6 1.7 13.5 SSW204 Wind
kts kph dir° beaufort 7 14 ENE71 Mod. Wind 8 16 ENE60 Mod. Wind 8 16 NE39 Mod. Wind 6 11 NNE19 Light Wind 7 13 NE49 Mod. Wind 11 20 ENE67 Mod. Wind 15 27 ENE62 Fresh Wind 15 28 NE45 Fresh Wind Tides
time / range- High
- 7:24 AM/1.76m
- Low
- 1:07 AM/0.45m
- 1:33 PM/0.62m
- High
- Tue 26
Beach forecast
surf range in feetTime Richards Bay Alkanstrand Sodwana Bay 02 2-3 0-1 1-2 05 2-3 0-1 1-2 08 2-3 0-1 1-2 11 2-3 0-1 1-2 14 0-1 0-1 0-1 17 0-1 0-1 0-1 20 0-1 0-1 0-1 23 0-1 0-1 0-1 Regional forecast
Time
hours 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 Open Ocean Swell
feet m period dir° 5.5 1.7 13.4 SSW204 5.5 1.7 13.3 SSW204 5.5 1.7 13.3 SSW204 5.6 1.7 13.1 SSW201 5.8 1.8 7.3 WNW295 6.1 1.9 7.7 WNW297 6.6 2.0 5.6 NNE31 6.9 2.1 5.9 NE36 Wind
kts kph dir° beaufort 14 26 NE42 Mod. Wind 15 29 NNE30 Fresh Wind 17 31 NNE13 Fresh Wind 18 35 N1 Fresh Wind 19 36 N7 Fresh Wind 21 40 NNE20 Strong Wind 22 42 NNE24 Strong Wind 21 40 NNE20 Strong Wind Tides
time / range- High
- 8:04 AM/1.57m
- Low
- 1:43 AM/0.64m
- 2:18 PM/0.80m
- High
- Wed 27
Beach forecast
surf range in feetTime Richards Bay Alkanstrand Sodwana Bay 02 0-1 0-1 0-1 05 0-1 0-1 1-2 08 3-4 2-3 1-2 11 2-3 0-1 2-3 14 3-4 0-1 2-3 17 3-4 0-1 2-3 20 3-4 0-1 2-3 23 3-4 1-2 3-4 Regional forecast
Time
hours 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 Open Ocean Swell
feet m period dir° 6.7 2.0 6.2 NE40 6.7 2.0 6.4 NE46 7.9 2.4 6.4 SE131 8.7 2.6 7.1 SSW205 8.8 2.7 7.7 SSW207 9.0 2.7 7.9 SSW204 9.1 2.8 7.9 SSW199 9.6 2.9 7.8 SSW195 Wind
kts kph dir° beaufort 17 31 N9 Fresh Wind 9 18 W267 Mod. Wind 24 44 SSW198 Strong Wind 21 39 S187 Strong Wind 21 40 S182 Strong Wind 23 43 SSE167 Strong Wind 23 43 S173 Strong Wind 25 46 S176 Strong Wind Tides
time / range- High
- 9:05 AM/1.41m
- Low
- 2:30 AM/0.82m
- 3:37 PM/0.95m
- High
- Thu 28
Beach forecast
surf range in feetTime Richards Bay Alkanstrand Sodwana Bay 02 3-4 0-1 3-4 05 3-5 0-1 3-4 08 4-6 0-1 3-5 11 5-7 0-1 3-5 14 4-6 0-1 3-4 17 3-5 0-1 3-4 20 3-4 0-1 2-3 23 3-4 0-1 2-3 Regional forecast
Time
hours 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 Open Ocean Swell
feet m period dir° 9.7 3.0 8.4 SSW198 10.1 3.1 9.2 SSW199 10.8 3.3 10.4 SSW202 10.7 3.2 11.2 SSW206 9.9 3.0 11.2 SSW206 9.0 2.8 11.1 SSW206 8.2 2.5 11.0 SSW206 7.4 2.3 10.8 SSW206 Wind
kts kph dir° beaufort 20 37 S171 Fresh Wind 21 40 S170 Strong Wind 19 35 S171 Fresh Wind 13 25 SSE166 Mod. Wind 7 14 S172 Mod. Wind 7 13 ESE124 Mod. Wind 9 18 E80 Mod. Wind 9 17 NE38 Mod. Wind Tides
time / range- High
- 11:22 AM/1.32m
- Low
- 4:14 AM/0.97m
- 6:26 PM/0.95m
- High
- Fri 01
Beach forecast
surf range in feetTime Richards Bay Alkanstrand Sodwana Bay 02 2-3 0-1 1-2 05 2-3 0-1 1-2 08 2-3 0-1 1-2 11 2-3 0-1 1-2 14 1-2 0-1 1-2 17 1-2 0-1 1-2 20 1-2 0-1 1-2 23 2-3 0-1 1-2 Regional forecast
Time
hours 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 Open Ocean Swell
feet m period dir° 6.8 2.1 10.5 SSW204 6.2 1.9 11.1 SSW207 6.0 1.8 11.1 SSW204 5.7 1.8 12.2 SSW210 5.3 1.6 11.9 SSW208 4.9 1.5 11.6 SSW209 4.8 1.4 11.4 SSW207 5.5 1.7 11.6 SSW205 Wind
kts kph dir° beaufort 10 20 NNE19 Mod. Wind 13 24 N10 Mod. Wind 16 30 N354 Fresh Wind 15 28 NNW340 Fresh Wind 8 15 NNW337 Mod. Wind 2 4 SSW205 Calm 13 24 S171 Mod. Wind 18 33 S169 Fresh Wind Tides
time / range- High
- 12:49 AM/1.27m
- 1:21 PM/1.41m
- Low
- 6:57 AM/0.93m
- 7:48 PM/0.82m
- High
