Banana Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 11 Aug 2025 SAST
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Banana Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banana Beach sea temperature is
21.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Banana Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Banana Beach at 5PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (11 Aug)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (11 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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Monday
11
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212111111101010101414141416161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)99592976462850642144045636639120817211997107126113223328343255229166108
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SE
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
5
NNW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
1.85
5:24AM
1.74
5:48PM
1.85
5:57AM
1.67
6:22PM
1.78
6:32AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
-0.04
11:22PM
0.07
11:30AM
-0.03
11:56PM
0.10
12:03PM
0.03
12:32AM
0.18
Monday
11
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:33-------6:33
Sunset--5:29-------5:30-------5:30-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817161616141420222018181817172020191918171617
Feels °C (?)141514131312111216171715161714161919191918171615
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Banana Beach (calm at Port Edward 64 km from Banana Beach). A 3.0m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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