Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 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
21.6° C
(Which is 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 10AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (18 Sep)6ft (1.9m)13s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.9
S
2
S
2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)1313131313131313131314141313131313121278888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117310701103105494110701335117313591380191817851533132510129037976896005698571066891662
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
W
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
40
NE
40
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crossononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
1.68
2:29AM
1.67
2:47PM
1.83
2:59AM
1.80
3:15PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.57
8:27PM
0.53
8:35AM
0.42
8:57PM
0.39
9:03AM
0.30
9:24PM
0.28
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:48------
Sunset----5:49-------5:50-------5:50---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----11--11---1-------1-
Temp. °C171820202019191818181919191918191819232222212121
Feels °C (?)171819181716161616171818171715151313171821191920
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dairy Beach (New Pier) (light winds from the SW at Durban Intnl. Airport 21 km from Dairy Beach (New Pier)). 0.7m 9s swell from the NE with a 0.4m 9s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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21 km away, 2 h 3 min ago

7 km/h
SW
0.0
21.6
Air / Water (°C)
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