Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 16 Nov 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
21.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Nov)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (16 Nov)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (16 Nov)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wed
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
S
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)77889121010981099109999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2692123454065069976506272491863462112372411421421091061048080787678
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
1.73
1:58AM
1.61
2:11PM
1.82
2:29AM
1.68
2:40PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
0.58
7:58PM
0.51
7:56AM
0.50
8:27PM
0.43
8:27AM
0.43
8:55PM
0.37
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wed
19
Sunrise4:50-------4:50-------4:50-------
Sunset----6:29-------6:30-------6:30---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
33321---------------64--
Temp. °C191918181919181717171819191918171619212118181818
Feels °C (?)181715141617161616171918171817161416171818191918
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