North Beach surf break

North Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 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
23.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (22 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
3
3
!
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.9
S
1.3
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.6
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)7788881314141717161616161514141413131376
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25032443552058767515202895257721439171506129011061092846691691482355282222232329
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
SSE
0
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
1.67
7:06PM
1.57
7:27AM
1.47
8:21PM
1.42
9:02AM
1.31
10:32PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.55
1:17AM
0.70
1:50PM
0.72
2:46AM
0.86
3:38PM
0.84
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----5:29-------5:28-------5:27---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----221111-------------
Temp. °C211919191918181717171819191918181819222322212019
Feels °C (?)161213131314141313141618191817171617171817161616
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