Ansteys surf break

Ansteys surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 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
25.8° 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: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.5
ENE
1
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)9910101010999999988788877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)246251257260305299287239234234344162372287234341358419248243302156128102
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
10
ENE
45
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
2.15
4:12PM
2.08
4:30AM
2.19
4:42PM
2.10
5:00AM
2.16
5:13PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
0.15
10:18PM
0.08
10:38AM
0.12
10:49PM
0.08
11:09AM
0.16
11:20PM
0.14
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset----6:07-------6:07-------6:06---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------311---1121
Temp. °C232425252524232323252929282523232323232322222121
Feels °C (?)232526262726252424262929322120222323212018202122
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