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Battery Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
23.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Battery Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Battery Beach at 10AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
3
1
0
0
1
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.8
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
2.4
NE
1.6
ENE
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.4
S
2.3
S
2
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)9141471012131515141413121277111167771414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10312010431287314861584214618771334893461350327612268235430232619572408336243
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
30
S
35
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
NNE
20
NNE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
5
NW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
1.92
6:23PM
1.81
6:53AM
1.83
6:58PM
1.69
7:30AM
1.73
7:34PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.44
12:35AM
0.35
1:00PM
0.54
1:09AM
0.47
1:39PM
0.66
1:44AM
0.59
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:01-------5:03-------5:03------
Sunset----7:00-------7:00-------7:00---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------111----3------1111
Temp. °C232525242423222121222525252423232325252322222122
Feels °C (?)232423202223232322212222242426252324222019202022
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