Check the Beach

Ingwe Beach

Umkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ingwe Beach 1 photo

  • Glaucus atlanticus remains - Ronald Flipphi

    Glaucus atlanticus remains - Ronald Flipphi. Ronald Flipphi (iNaturalist user ronald_flipphi), CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 1 pm to 4 pm, sunset 6:04 pm
6 am
4.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
Now
4.1
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
8 am
3.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
9 am
3.8
19 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
10 am
3.9
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
11 am
4.3
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
6.5
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.7
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.4
19 km/h11 mph wind, Good
4 pm
5.4
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
6.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
21°C70°F
Water
25°C76°F
Wind
127 km/hmph SSW
Gusts
3019 km/hmph
Waves
2.1 m7 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
68%
Sunset
6:04 pm
Today
4.4Fair6 am159
4.1FairNow127
3.9Poor8 am1610
3.8Poor9 am1911
3.9Poor10 am1912
4.3Fair11 am1912
4.8Fair12 pm1912
6.5Good1 pm2012
6.7Good2 pm1912
6.4Good3 pm1911
5.4Fair4 pm1811
6.6Good5 pm1610
6.7Good6 pm138
Sat
7.3Great6 am64
7.1Great7 am21
7.2Great8 am96
5.7Good9 am149
5.4Fair10 am1610
5.7Good11 am159
5.7Good12 pm1610
5.6Good1 pm1811
5.8Good2 pm2012
7.9Great3 pm2113
7.9Great4 pm2213
8.0Great5 pm2113
7.8Great6 pm1912
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 2 pm, 0.9 m. Low at 8 pm, -0.7 m. High at 2 am, 0.8 mHigh 2 pm, 0.9 m3 ftLow 8 pm, -0.7 m2 ftHigh 2 am, 0.8 m3 ftNow1 pm7 pm1 am7 am
  • High 2 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
  • Low 8 pm, -0.7 m2 ft
  • High 2 am, 0.8 m3 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun8.1 GreatBest 8 am to 2 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 1%
  • Mon7.5 GreatBest 6 am to 9 amWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 13%
  • Tue5.6 GoodBest 11 am to 12 pmWind up to 33 km/h20 mph, rain 62%
  • Wed7.1 GreatBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 46%
  • Thu6.9 GoodBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 28%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms70 m220 ft away
  • Showers60 m200 ft away
  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 80 m250 ft. Listed as free
  • Picnic tables90 m290 ft away

Getting there

Nearest town
1.3 km0.8 miSt. Lucia (village)
Nearest airport
18 km11 miDukuduku Airport (DUK)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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