Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 06 Apr 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 6AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
ESE
0.4
E
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)1313131213141413131313131214151514151811145514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10098388258007228418497226535695514543659181024114793112632941036664109769
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
NW
15
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
15
SE
10
E
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
25
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
1.86
5:44PM
1.74
5:57AM
1.73
6:10PM
1.61
6:22AM
1.58
6:40PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
0.36
11:41AM
0.43
11:48PM
0.48
12:06PM
0.55
12:14AM
0.62
12:33PM
0.68
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---6:07-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------5:46-------5:45-------5:45-
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1----1----------1-------
Temp. °C232323232322212221212121222221212121202023242423
Feels °C (?)262724201917171818181818202221222222202020212221
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