Pulpit surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 SAST
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Pulpit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pulpit sea temperature is
25.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pulpit today?

The current surf forecast for Pulpit at 6AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
E
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)67877713121212121211101010101012126678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)450753653388290231307350339333393429401296216167133921238886394671514
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
5
S
5
WNW
5
N
0
N
15
ENE
20
E
5
ENE
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
5
NW
10
SW
40
S
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
2.00
5:13PM
1.81
5:31AM
1.91
5:45PM
1.72
6:04AM
1.77
6:19PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45PM
-0.10
11:09AM
-0.04
11:16PM
-0.05
11:41AM
0.04
11:49PM
0.06
12:14PM
0.18
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:00-------6:00-------6:01----
Sunset------6:07-------6:05-------6:04-
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111121111---------------
Temp. °C242323222222222322212122262726242423232527272524
Feels °C (?)212020212222232424232325272729262725252624232121
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