Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 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
25.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


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

The current surf forecast for Dairy Beach (New Pier) at 1AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 2.2m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Dec)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (12 Dec)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (12 Dec)6ft (1.9m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
2.4
ENE
2.4
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
NE
2.1
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.9
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)1477778888988888878876888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)469495505440465464546923173263137022818117116718131249935818612395117161
Wind
(km/h)
45
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
0
SSE
10
NNE
10
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
15
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
onononcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
1.39
9:32AM
1.48
9:52PM
1.31
10:51AM
1.47
11:20PM
1.31
12:01PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37PM
0.81
2:50AM
0.73
3:59PM
0.86
4:06AM
0.79
5:25PM
0.84
5:24AM
0.79
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Sunrise----4:48-------4:48-------4:48---
Sunset6:49-------6:50-------6:50-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------2231----
Temp. °C232321202124293026242323222423232221202020212222
Feels °C (?)181817181922272824212125232521191918181920232220
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