Lucien surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 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
26.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lucien today?

The current surf forecast for Lucien at 8AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
E
2.1
E
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.5
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)12121211111110101010999998899912999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17071249978724551476469363356295227203199151110846863789481606058
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
ESE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
15
ENE
20
E
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
SE
10
ESE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
off
glasscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
1.87
5:06PM
1.77
5:26AM
1.88
5:35PM
1.73
5:56AM
1.84
6:06PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
-0.07
11:03AM
0.01
11:10PM
-0.08
11:33AM
0.02
11:40PM
-0.04
12:05PM
0.08
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---5:39-------5:39-------5:41----
Sunset------6:42-------6:40-------6:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C232222242627262524242425272727252524242527272725
Feels °C (?)242423262729282927282728292829282927262829302827
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