Bay of Plenty surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
26.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bay of Plenty today?

The current surf forecast for Bay of Plenty at 6AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.4
ENE
1
E
0.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)6666677888777777777146789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2091821701701492494315914813222371601361038210613422011216527894214391597
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
30
NE
35
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
25
SSW
10
SSW
5
NW
10
NE
10
SE
15
SSW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
5
W
30
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
2.13
4:59PM
2.03
5:16AM
2.09
5:24PM
1.97
5:41AM
2.01
5:48PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
0.13
10:57AM
0.20
11:05PM
0.16
11:23AM
0.25
11:30PM
0.23
11:47AM
0.34
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:50----
Sunset------6:24-------6:23-------6:22-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------1----53------11
Temp. °C242322242929282827252525272723232423232526242221
Feels °C (?)262523242828272929252828293025262625252320161415
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