Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 Apr 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
23.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
0
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.5
E
2.2
S
2.3
S
0.4
E
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
S
1.4
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)9988913131314141716161616151488135667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)533657370923236420231736155312982534210518321606141611329446968440105200253173
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
SSE
0
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
1.67
7:06PM
1.57
7:27AM
1.47
8:21PM
1.42
9:02AM
1.31
10:32PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.55
1:17AM
0.70
1:50PM
0.72
2:46AM
0.86
3:38PM
0.84
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----5:29-------5:28-------5:27---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----221111-------------
Temp. °C211919191918181717171819191918181819222322212019
Feels °C (?)161213131314141313141618191817171617171817161616
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