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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 1 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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 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 9AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (04 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
NE
1.4
NE
0.9
ENE
1.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)689885666666667888887888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11580705147781141821971672021336413639562160770826418674655066
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
10
E
35
NNE
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
20
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		onononcross-
on		onoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
2.09
5:27PM
2.00
5:49AM
2.04
5:55PM
1.93
6:17AM
1.96
6:22PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
0.14
11:25AM
0.26
11:36PM
0.18
11:55AM
0.32
12:03AM
0.26
12:23PM
0.42
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---5:26-------5:26-------5:28----
Sunset------6:52-------6:51-------6:50-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322242627262525242324262827262626252727272525
Feels °C (?)242423252625242526252526252630252929282925262525
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