Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 SAST
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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
25.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Baggies today?

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 1AM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (06 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
4
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.4
NE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
NE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1.8
SSW
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)7877777778888857910101112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34645262942836237326625019925024620213811517384517532648240721772001269315301277
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
10
NE
5
W
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
20
SSW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
25
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
1.79
5:17AM
1.88
5:25PM
1.73
5:41AM
1.79
5:49PM
1.65
6:04AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
-0.02
11:23AM
0.07
11:28PM
0.04
11:47AM
0.14
11:52PM
0.14
12:11PM
0.25
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset6:25-------6:23-------6:22-------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------62--------211---
Temp. °C282726252525283024252524242525242222201919192021
Feels °C (?)293131292927283025292826262418161415151517181920
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