Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 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
21.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Baggies today?

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 8PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (08 Sep)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.2
NE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.5
NE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)121213161615141414141313777778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)449440543736735690421343275297263347409390778373398499482592620127111591002
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
WSW
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
ENE
10
SE
5
NE
10
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
1.99
4:28AM
1.87
4:47PM
2.02
5:00AM
1.85
5:20PM
1.98
5:32AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
-0.08
10:24PM
-0.05
10:32AM
-0.12
10:56PM
-0.05
11:03AM
-0.10
11:29PM
0.00
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:01-------6:00
Sunset--5:44-------5:45-------5:45-----
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423222221202123252221212021233028272325252527
Feels °C (?)222222232424232322232020191819212726272424222224
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Baggies (light winds from the SSE at Pennington South 40 km from Baggies). 1.7m 15s groundswell from the S with a 1.0m 6s windswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 6s windswell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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6 km/h
SSE
0.0
21.1
Air / Water (°C)
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