Bog Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 21 Aug 2025 SAST
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Bog Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bog Bay sea temperature is
19.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bog Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Bog Bay at 4PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (21 Aug)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1
E
1.4
S
1.2
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
0.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)997799131212121212121111141312121111141516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2071713462702382703465054323782832301801741723414284012892303663116832690
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
10
ENE
15
E
5
ESE
15
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.65
3:16AM
1.69
3:39PM
1.79
3:48AM
1.78
4:09PM
1.88
4:17AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
0.29
9:10PM
0.29
9:24AM
0.15
9:43PM
0.18
9:54AM
0.06
10:13PM
0.12
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:20-------6:20
Sunset--5:34-------5:34-------5:35-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120191919181821212019181818192122211918181818
Feels °C (?)171818192020181719191921191818212121221815161718
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Bog Bay (moderate winds from the SSE.(Wind varies from 130 to 190 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport 5 km from Bog Bay). 1.6m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 1.0m 9s swell from the E and a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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2 h 37 min ago

26 km/h
SSE
Cross-Shore
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