Baggies surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 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
21.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Baggies today?

The current surf forecast for Baggies at 6AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (17 Sep)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
5
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3
S
3
S
4
SSW
2.4
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)141413131212121212121313131316141316161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)380935962943455215751324102210569649809039329321173170511269561928208220021626136812711060
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
5
NW
10
SE
10
SSE
20
S
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59AM
1.18
1:37PM
1.29
1:53AM
1.34
2:17PM
1.48
2:29AM
1.49
2:49PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.59
7:50PM
0.54
8:03AM
0.42
8:28PM
0.38
8:35AM
0.26
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---5:52-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset------5:49-------5:50-------5:50-
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-------------------111
Temp. °C181817171819191817171617202120191918181919191920
Feels °C (?)151311121415161715151417192019181616171919191819
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  1. weather stationWind Update light winds from the SW at Durban Intnl. Airport mean that is clean at Baggies. 4.9m 14s groundswell from the SSW which is too big for here.

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1 h 47 min ago

7 km/h
SW
Clean
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