Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm 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
25.2° 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 12AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
2
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.7
S
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.2
ENE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)141313131313121415151717181514145141313131366
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)849683663569551454365102811471147373364294124666646676960950649841461104
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
25
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
1.74
5:57AM
1.73
6:10PM
1.61
6:22AM
1.58
6:40PM
1.48
6:53AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
0.48
12:06PM
0.55
12:14AM
0.62
12:33PM
0.68
12:45AM
0.77
1:08PM
0.82
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset5:46-------5:45-------5:45-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1---------11------------
Temp. °C222221212121222222222120202024242323212019212426
Feels °C (?)191918181819212122232220202022212021191919212325
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