Battery Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 SAST
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Battery Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Battery Beach sea temperature is
21.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Battery Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Battery Beach at 9AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.3
E
0.8
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.5
ENE
0.6
S
1.6
ENE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161515161612127121111111115667777181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8741276985776786786356351612475755597651684407411728593273281510459400411
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
W
5
W
0
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
1.58
9:57AM
1.39
10:48PM
1.51
11:39AM
1.37
12:22AM
1.52
1:12PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
0.71
4:10PM
0.70
5:25AM
0.73
5:50PM
0.73
6:56AM
0.66
7:20PM
0.67
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:47----
Sunset------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-
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Rain (mm)
322331------------------
Temp. °C161616161617171717171616192120181717171823212020
Feels °C (?)131314151517181616161414151615141414151621181818
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

  1. weather stationWind Update Previously calm conditions have become cross-shore at Battery Beach (light winds from the SW at SHIP2288 9 km from Battery Beach). 2.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.3m 6s windswell from the SE and a 1.0m 7s swell, also from the SE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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14 km/h
SW
Cross-Shore
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