Reunion surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Dec 2025 SAST
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Reunion surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Reunion sea temperature is
23.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Reunion today?

The current surf forecast for Reunion at 4PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (18 Dec)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (18 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1.2
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.9
S
1.2
E
0.7
S
1.4
E
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.3
E
1
S
1.1
E
0.9
S
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)961110811912111112121211911911151716161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7611490161205112291276308298373389383305287240194181246476686758605456
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
1.78
3:18AM
1.67
3:26PM
1.82
3:52AM
1.73
3:59PM
1.84
4:25AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
0.56
9:12PM
0.45
9:16AM
0.51
9:44PM
0.40
9:51AM
0.48
10:15PM
0.37
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------4:50-------4:50-------4:50-
Sunset--6:53-------6:53-------6:54-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
21--11------------1-2222
Temp. °C212121212020202224242322222121222323232322222222
Feels °C (?)212221212020192021222224232224252524262624242421
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