Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 23 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
27.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Baggies today?

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 11PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)--
Afternoon (23 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (23 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.9
NE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
SSW
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)7777777778888878899109888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27628527024444041638336217220423219616813817619825714615722015711610786
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
S
10
SSE
15
NE
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
1.41
7:43AM
1.43
8:00PM
1.22
8:48AM
1.23
9:50PM
1.06
11:42AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.37
2:00PM
0.53
2:14AM
0.57
3:23PM
0.71
4:19AM
0.74
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:43--
Sunset6:36-------6:35-------6:34-------
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
5141------212------------
Temp. °C242423232324252726252323232426262624232222242627
Feels °C (?)262423242426292928272323222425252625242324262627
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