Battery Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
22.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Battery Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Battery Beach at 6AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
E
0.7
SSE
0.9
SE
0.5
E
0.7
S
0.9
SSE
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)888777666666865765677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)427359249320135110846650373830292941273045781261391219258
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
1.98
3:23PM
2.16
3:43AM
2.02
4:00PM
2.14
4:22AM
2.00
4:38PM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
0.14
9:10AM
0.12
9:37PM
0.09
9:48AM
0.12
10:14PM
0.10
10:27AM
0.18
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise--4:58-------4:58-------4:56-----
Sunset------6:20-------6:21-------6:22-
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1221----1---
Temp. °C201918202121212020191919191919191818191919202020
Feels °C (?)171616181918192020192020191817171616171818192020
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Battery Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest