Battery Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
24.7° 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 3PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.7
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1616161515141414141313131313126971212111157
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5386817711210798949390868585121110665957717066422827
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NE
25
ENE
25
S
15
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
1.20
12:26AM
1.36
12:52PM
1.35
1:16AM
1.54
1:33PM
1.52
1:51AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
1.01
5:46PM
0.93
6:51AM
0.86
6:56PM
0.76
7:32AM
0.67
7:36PM
0.58
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset----5:40-------5:39-------5:38---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1------11-
Temp. °C232431282523232221222526252423232323242424242323
Feels °C (?)232429262525252423232425252525252423232326262626
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