Baggies Surf Forecast

/ Durban/KZN South (31 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (30.07° S 30.88° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 31 May 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Baggies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Baggies sea temperature is 22.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Baggies today (31 May):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 May, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 6AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 May)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Afternoon (31 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (31 May)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 31								Monday 1								Tuesday 2
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSW 16	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	NE 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	108	109	110	85	66	64	50	57	82	53	51	51	51	50	39	46	43	38	38	37	36	39	37	39
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNE	ENE	NNE	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross
High Tide		3:30AM1.62m				3:51PM1.55m				4:01AM1.62m				4:22PM1.55m				4:32AM1.60m				4:55PM1.53m
Low Tide				9:41AM0.22m				9:50PM0.27m				10:12AM0.21m				10:22PM0.28m				10:43AM0.22m				10:55PM0.31m


	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	22	22	20	19	18	17	17	17	21	23	21	20	19	19	18	19	25	26	23	21	20
Feels °C	21	21	21	21	20	18	18	18	16	16	16	20	21	20	20	18	18	16	17	23	23	21	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	108	109	110	85	66	64	50	57	65	53	51	50	37	36	19	19	21	16	37	37	36	39	37	39
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SSW 13	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	SE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 5	ENE 5	SE 7	SE 7	ENE 4	ENE 4
kJ	10	33	10	10	18	24	24	23	22	34	34	35	36	39	35	39	39	38	17	11	19	14	7	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	E 8	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	E 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	34	10	33	32	27	27	27	27	82	44	47	51	51	50	39	35	20	19	19	19	17	17	8	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 2	ENE 3	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	—	NE 5	—	ENE 5	ENE 5	—	SSW 3
kJ	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	3	3	8	8	4	5	11	35	46	43	—	38	—	11	10	—	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	27	24	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	24	24
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	9	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	5	5

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