North Beach surf break

North Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 SAST
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North Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North Beach sea temperature is
22.1° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at North Beach today?

The current surf forecast for North Beach at 10PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)--
Afternoon (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
3
1
0
1
0
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.9
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)15151414141314141313131212121212121111117777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9538478137917586839321161139113491145964750556472464438354411856570623435377
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
SSE
10
WSW
15
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassonononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
1.90
4:26AM
1.77
4:33PM
1.85
4:56AM
1.73
5:02PM
1.77
5:30AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
0.33
10:25AM
0.43
10:48PM
0.37
10:56AM
0.49
11:18PM
0.42
11:30AM
0.58
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise----4:48-------4:48-------4:48---
Sunset6:32-------6:34-------6:35-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------132634431
Temp. °C222120201921222222222120202224242121202020202021
Feels °C (?)222220202022222121222220192224252221181718171719
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