Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
26.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Baggies today?

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 6PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (27 Feb)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
3
1
0
1
4
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.7
NE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414131313126777888999881213151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1101501342292222152441901251632518434753382682081721271251131253391364402
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
S
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
1.27
2:10AM
1.36
2:26PM
1.45
2:51AM
1.56
3:04PM
1.60
3:25AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.51
8:19AM
0.46
8:38PM
0.32
8:59AM
0.29
9:11PM
0.16
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------5:46-------5:46-------5:47
Sunset--6:31-------6:30-------6:30-----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11---------1------184421
Temp. °C222323232222222430323026262424242726242323212019
Feels °C (?)222426262323222530313128282526262927262524191615
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