Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 03 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
26.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.9
E
2.3
E
2.5
ENE
1.7
E
1.5
E
2.2
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)8877887788911121212121313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)280453502618359287411267331317332670760773773819977102510251109838852838734
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
5
NNW
5
SW
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
5
WNW
5
N
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
E
20
NE
15
NNE
10
WSW
10
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
ononoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
1.97
4:44AM
2.04
4:55PM
1.92
5:08AM
1.96
5:19PM
1.84
5:32AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.20
10:34PM
0.21
10:52AM
0.25
10:59PM
0.27
11:17AM
0.32
11:23PM
0.36
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset--5:50-------5:49-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C262524232120192124252423232322242526252423232323
Feels °C (?)222020181818202225262425252623262727252625252221
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