Lucien Surf Forecast

/ Durban/KZN South (30 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (30.65° S 30.53° E)

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Lucien surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 SAST

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Lucien surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Lucien sea temperature is 21.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lucien today?

The current surf forecast for Lucien at 8PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	13s
Evening (15 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s

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

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	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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)	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	6	6	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	NE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	7	10	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	504	419	413	339	493	313	393	371	349	604	3016	7301	5981	3814	8358	7164	1427	1355	1308	1423	1437	1354	1278	1225
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	ESE	E	NE	NNE	N	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:49AM 1.05				10:28PM 1.05					12:19PM 1.07				12:58AM 1.15				1:37PM 1.26				1:53AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			3:13PM 0.72					5:28AM 0.72				6:44PM 0.68				7:20AM 0.56				7:50PM 0.51

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	24	22	23	21	20	20	22	22	19	18	17	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	15	17
Feels °C (?)	22	22	23	21	21	19	18	17	18	14	11	11	11	9	10	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Lucien (calm at Port Edward 72 km from Lucien). 1.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.0m 5s windswell from the ENE and a 0.5m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 46 minutes ago Lucien

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