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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 7 pm Saturday 24 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
24.7° 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 11PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 24). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)--
Afternoon (24 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (24 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)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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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2
NE
2.5
NE
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010995556666666777778887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4847464343555795154237219188200230263524738773674655441713210140
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
5
WSW
15
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononononononononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
1.73
7:37AM
1.78
7:45PM
1.60
8:27AM
1.64
8:42PM
1.45
9:41AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.43
1:47PM
0.63
1:58AM
0.57
2:43PM
0.76
2:59AM
0.73
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise-----5:16-------5:18-------5:18--
Sunset6:58-------6:57-------6:57-------
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C242323232324252625242424232427272625242323262626
Feels °C (?)232425242526262625242424222324252323222326282627
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