Battery Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 03 Dec 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
24.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Battery Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Battery Beach at 6AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (03 Dec)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (03 Dec)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.6
ENE
2.2
NE
Period(s) (?)131312667111191010111114141413111111111178
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)229170119105137131683790230296367434442111112671048852502418344284229235558
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
1.77
2:24PM
1.99
2:49AM
1.87
3:07PM
2.04
3:34AM
1.92
3:49PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
0.34
8:43PM
0.27
8:53AM
0.27
9:25PM
0.20
9:38AM
0.26
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise--4:47-------4:47-------4:47-----
Sunset------6:43-------6:44-------6:45-
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1111112221------------
Temp. °C212020202020201919181818192021212120192225262523
Feels °C (?)201818171718191819191919201819202019192224262622
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