Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
26.9° 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 4AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.7
NE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)999988877716151514141313131267778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)577450383258163146115896651806910697129225219209143191103158339607
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
NW
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
SSE
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
WNW
15
N
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
1.28
11:45AM
1.35
1:06AM
1.37
1:35PM
1.50
2:10AM
1.59
2:25PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
0.96
6:39PM
0.89
7:19AM
0.84
7:55PM
0.69
8:18AM
0.64
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---5:43-------5:43-------5:45----
Sunset------6:31-------6:30-------6:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------174321---------
Temp. °C232222242626262524242222222222232222222327292827
Feels °C (?)242323262626272727272422232425252222232528313130
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