Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 08 May 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 1.2°C warmer than 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 7PM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (08 May)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (08 May)6ft (1.9m)15s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the NW by Sun afternoon).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
S
12
2.5
S
12
2.5
S
12
2.3
S
12
2
SSE
15
2.3
S
14
2.5
S
13
2.5
S
13
2.4
S
12
2.2
S
12
2
S
12
1.8
S
12
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
10
1.2
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1616
1691
1934
1480
1613
2065
2560
2133
1749
1401
1103
865
686
584
483
345
274
218
170
217
237
143
84
62
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
W
5
SE
15
ESE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
30
N
30
NNW
35
NW
25
NW
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
5
SSE
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
7:40PM1.42m
7:56AM1.31m
9:09PM1.37m
9:44AM1.26m
10:53PM1.42m
Low Tide
1:10PM0.72m
1:56AM0.85m
2:20PM0.80m
3:43AM0.89m
4:05PM0.81m
5:27AM0.82m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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6:28
6:28
6:30
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5:15
5:15
5:14
5:13
Temp °C
20
22
22
21
20
19
17
18
21
22
21
19
18
17
17
20
29
34
33
30
24
23
22
22
17
19
21
20
19
18
15
17
20
20
19
18
17
14
13
16
23
27
26
23
21
20
20
22
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
S
12
2.5
S
12
2.5
S
12
2.3
S
12
2.2
S
13
2.3
S
14
2.5
S
13
2.5
S
13
2.4
S
12
2.2
S
12
2
S
12
1.8
S
12
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
10
1.2
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
1.4
SSW
10
Energy kJ
1616
1691
1934
1480
1568
2065
2560
2133
1749
1401
1103
865
686
584
483
345
274
218
170
217
237
143
84
410
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
18
1.1
SSE
16
1.2
SSE
16
1.8
SSE
15
2
SSE
15
1.6
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.2
SSE
15
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
5
1.1
SE
5
Energy kJ
486
612
715
1349
1613
748
106
106
38
36
35
35
33
33
49
22
22
22
138
104
100
67
20
62
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
8
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SW
17
0.1
SW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.1
SW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SE
16
0.2
SSW
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.6
S
9
0.7
ENE
8
Energy kJ
111
107
78
66
65
59
40
39
35
10
12
12
30
10
26
10
10
21
21
20
18
18
64
56
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SSW
11
0.4
NE
5
0.4
NE
3
0.6
NE
4
0.6
NE
5
0.6
NE
6
0.8
NE
4
1.2
NE
7
0.8
NNW
4
0.5
NNW
4
0.3
S
3
1.2
SE
5
1
SE
5
Energy kJ
3317
6
4
10
20
19
23
160
18
7
2
70
55
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
7
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
1
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
4
1
Distance (km)
54
154
4
0
10
1
0
0
2
4
4
1
0
0
0
1
218
218
29
9
26
47
27
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast
Rating
(10 max)
7
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
3
4
5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
7
5
5
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
3
4
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
7
9
5
4
5
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