Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am 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
26.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Baggies today?

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 5AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.4
ENE
1
E
0.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)6666677888777777777146789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2091821701701492494315914813222371601361038210613422011216527894214391597
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NE
10
N
20
SSW
5
SW
10
NW
10
N
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
W
30
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
1.92
5:00PM
1.79
5:17AM
1.88
5:25PM
1.73
5:41AM
1.79
5:49PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
-0.05
10:57AM
0.03
11:03PM
-0.02
11:23AM
0.07
11:28PM
0.04
11:47AM
0.14
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---5:48-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset------6:25-------6:23-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------1---191------11
Temp. °C242323253030282726242524272623232323232425242221
Feels °C (?)262525252929282930242827303026252425252219171415
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