Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 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
26.2° 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: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (28 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.4
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.4
NE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)12121267788898888881010101087714
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18718113415029844065733529124519416012510511184493146305794313381340
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
15
SSE
25
SSW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
1.59
2:25PM
1.68
2:50AM
1.79
3:03PM
1.84
3:24AM
1.95
3:35PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
0.64
8:38PM
0.50
8:58AM
0.46
9:12PM
0.34
9:31AM
0.32
9:43PM
0.22
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-5:45-------5:46-------5:47------
Sunset----6:30-------6:29-------6:28---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1423211-----
Temp. °C222328292826272624252726252323212019202121212120
Feels °C (?)232329302929302626282927262522201614151617172020
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