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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 14 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
25.4° 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 3AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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)
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
2.3
S
2.4
S
2
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)88888888888888810109998877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48348956022929123578913241148717545385286200140145146140134134617645434294
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
W
0
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
20
ENE
10
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
25
SSW
25
S
45
S
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoffcrossononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
1.28
1:15PM
1.48
1:56AM
1.39
2:09PM
1.58
2:41AM
1.52
2:49PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.88
7:50PM
0.78
7:52AM
0.79
8:33PM
0.66
8:39AM
0.68
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:07-------5:09-------5:09----
Sunset------7:00-------7:00-------7:00-
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242423242627272825242326272725232322222526262524
Feels °C (?)272827272928292523242325272221181919202323232323
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