Addington (South Beach) Surf Forecast

/ Durban/KZN South (30 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (29.86° S 31.04° E)

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Addington (South Beach) surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 SAST

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Addington (South Beach) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Addington (South Beach) sea temperature is 19.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Addington (South Beach) today?

The current surf forecast for Addington (South Beach) at 3PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Evening (20 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

Table - waves today at Addington (South Beach). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	S	SSE	S	E	E	S	S	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	9	9	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	328	332	323	305	289	269	321	258	204	280	240	216	196	181	262	317	338	300	183	146	178	199	200	214
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	W	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:27PM 1.62				2:40AM 1.67				3:06PM 1.78				3:17AM 1.79				3:39PM 1.91				3:49AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11AM 0.58				8:35PM 0.57				8:52AM 0.42				9:13PM 0.43				9:26AM 0.30				9:46PM 0.32

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

Wind Update Recent clean conditions at Addington (South Beach) have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 040 to 110 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport 27 km from Addington (South Beach)). 1.2m 9s swell from the E with a 1.1m 6s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 21 minutes ago Addington (South Beach)

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27 km away, 2 h 21 min ago

13 km/h

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19.7

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