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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 Saturday 17 Jan 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
24.6° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 6AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
1.3
SE
1
E
1.3
SSE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)109991010101010101010108888810710101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)314287262220219282288294338294477408296108710931010804201192183153153159162
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
15
E
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
SW
35
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		onoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
1.66
3:23PM
1.77
3:49AM
1.78
3:55PM
1.85
4:19AM
1.88
4:25PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
0.54
9:17AM
0.58
9:38PM
0.43
9:51AM
0.48
10:08PM
0.33
10:23AM
0.41
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---5:09-------5:11-------5:11----
Sunset------7:00-------7:00-------6:59-
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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clear
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cloud
part cloud
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light rain
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part cloud
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Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C232322232425252323232225222423222121212121222322
Feels °C (?)242423242525252323242322151818171818192020222222
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