Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 11 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
26.1° 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 1PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (11 Feb)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (11 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)7767888888888888888888614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)192114172395725824568557280202142127127133140113136108105105130197160261
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
25
NE
20
SSE
5
ENE
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
WSW
10
SE
15
ESE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
1.29
12:17AM
1.18
1:09PM
1.34
2:01AM
1.34
2:08PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
0.96
5:43PM
1.04
6:24AM
1.02
7:49PM
0.90
7:58AM
0.88
8:27PM
0.73
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise-5:31-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----6:46-------6:45-------6:45---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------511-1------
Temp. °C232528292826252524252626262424242425272727262524
Feels °C (?)252627272928302925242525262626272728302928272726
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