Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 20 Dec 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
23.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Baggies today?

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 6AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (20 Dec)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (20 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1211111111111717171616151414131377767778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383305295240188181390725973882721551431331232227255219220253331471572604
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
S
0
WNW
5
WSW
5
ENE
0
WNW
5
NE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
35
NNE
35
NE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
1.54
4:01PM
1.62
4:24AM
1.57
4:32PM
1.64
4:56AM
1.59
5:03PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
0.22
9:51AM
0.28
10:12PM
0.19
10:23AM
0.26
10:44PM
0.17
10:56AM
0.27
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise--4:50-------4:50-------4:52-----
Sunset------6:55-------6:55-------6:57-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-11-21-------
Temp. °C222121222324232322222223242524232322222325252423
Feels °C (?)252423232425252725252627242322212221212021202021
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