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Bay of Plenty surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 23 Jan 2026 SAST
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Bay of Plenty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bay of Plenty sea temperature is
24.6° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bay of Plenty today?

The current surf forecast for Bay of Plenty at 7AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Evening (23 Jan)5ft (1.5m)16s

Table - waves today at Bay of Plenty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
2
S
1.7
S
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.2
S
1.3
SSW
1.9
S
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)8877171717161615151514141414131313131312127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4462234113153676038499391705168914211392135411951018849722608421345269205205239
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
40
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
NNE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
1.96
6:27PM
1.83
6:57AM
1.88
7:03PM
1.73
7:37AM
1.78
7:45PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.25
12:28PM
0.43
12:38AM
0.32
1:05PM
0.52
1:14AM
0.43
1:47PM
0.63
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise---5:16-------5:16-------5:16----
Sunset------6:58-------6:58-------6:57-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11------1-------
Temp. °C252423242525242323222223242424232323232426272625
Feels °C (?)201818202223222324232323222324242727252525262525
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