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Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

Dairy Beach (New Pier) surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 SAST
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Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dairy Beach (New Pier) sea temperature is
24.5° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dairy Beach (New Pier) today?

The current surf forecast for Dairy Beach (New Pier) at 7AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

Table - waves today at Dairy Beach (New Pier). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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)
3
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.3
SE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)89710101010101010101091313121213131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9141005184156156149149125131196192161137155162148217252260264321225278225
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SW
15
ESE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
1.88
4:25PM
1.90
4:49AM
1.95
4:55PM
1.93
5:19AM
1.99
5:25PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
0.33
10:23AM
0.41
10:37PM
0.27
10:54AM
0.37
11:05PM
0.23
11:24AM
0.35
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise---5:11-------5:13-------5:13----
Sunset------6:59-------6:59-------6:59-
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1111-1----------211-----
Temp. °C212020202021212221202022242424222221212123232322
Feels °C (?)181819191921212221201920202022202020212121212020
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