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Dairy Beach (New Pier) surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa
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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
25.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal 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 7PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (09 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (09 May) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Dairy Beach (New Pier). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 33°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 9 | Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | Tue 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 9 | ENE 8 | S 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 5 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | |
1749 | 1401 | 1084 | 865 | 674 | 584 | 483 | 338 | 281 | 177 | 263 | 298 | 261 | 212 | 230 | 75 | 627 | 86 | 169 | 71 | 280 | 124 | 84 | 59 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross-off | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 9:09PM1.37m | 9:44AM1.26m | 10:53PM1.42m | 11:28AM1.32m | 00:06AM1.54m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:20PM0.80m | 3:43AM0.89m | 4:05PM0.81m | 5:27AM0.82m | 5:35PM0.73m | 6:31AM0.68m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | |
— | — | 5:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | |
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Temp °C | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SSW 14 |
1749 | 1401 | 1084 | 865 | 674 | 584 | 483 | 338 | 281 | 177 | 263 | 298 | 261 | 212 | 125 | 75 | 627 | 622 | 680 | 651 | 122 | 124 | 84 | 301 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SW 16 | ESE 8 | SSE 15 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SE 13 | SSE 14 | ENE 8 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | ENE 7 |
38 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 138 | 106 | 75 | 73 | 44 | 19 | 45 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 482 | 356 | 293 | 59 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SE 16 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SSE 4 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SE 12 | E 10 | E 10 | — | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 |
37 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 2 | — | 38 | 37 | 28 | 14 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NE 6 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | ENE 8 | NE 5 | ENE 7 | NW 2 | NNW 2 | — | — | S 9 | SSW 9 | — | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 5 | NE 6 | — | — | — |
— | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 28 | 142 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 230 | 955 | — | 86 | 169 | 71 | 280 | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 403 | 218 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 218 | 307 | 218 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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