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Garfield surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 25 Dec 2025 SAST
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Garfield surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Garfield sea temperature is
23.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garfield today?

The current surf forecast for Garfield at 7AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (25 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (25 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Garfield. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
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)
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010109999999999910999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)426426417356307301355348293288282241235235246241251257251207202198194230
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
5
S
5
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
5
ESE
0
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassononononglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.56
6:47PM
1.47
7:24AM
1.52
7:32PM
1.38
8:15AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
0.23
12:46PM
0.40
1:01AM
0.29
1:33PM
0.46
1:45AM
0.37
2:31PM
0.53
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise--4:54-------4:54-------4:54-----
Sunset------6:59-------6:59-------6:59-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------11111211--1112
Temp. °C222121212222222222212121212121212120212121212121
Feels °C (?)212020212222222423212324232321202322232322212221
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