Ansteys surf break

Ansteys surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 08 Mar 2026 SAST
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Ansteys surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ansteys sea temperature is
25.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ansteys today?

The current surf forecast for Ansteys at 11AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)1212121212121314121212121211111199999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3181180615721415117081410121427980846547538441357354300269318332380372372372372
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SE
0
NNW
10
W
5
W
5
W
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
NE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
1.90
6:11PM
1.76
6:28AM
1.76
6:33PM
1.62
6:52AM
1.61
6:57PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.46
12:16AM
0.46
12:35PM
0.59
12:39AM
0.60
12:59PM
0.74
1:02AM
0.77
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:52------
Sunset----6:21-------6:20-------6:19---
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C192021222222212020202222222221201920222323232222
Feels °C (?)161819192022222020212120202220191919222323232223
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