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Southbroom surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 06 Feb 2026 SAST
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Southbroom surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Southbroom sea temperature is
26.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Southbroom today?

The current surf forecast for Southbroom at 8AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 06). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (06 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (06 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SW
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.2
S
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)8121012129913121212121110109988812677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3437335614419406682949412117021224013210369484811393468517
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
ENE
10
N
5
N
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
W
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.70
6:23PM
1.53
6:45AM
1.58
6:49PM
1.41
7:11AM
1.45
7:15PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
0.07
12:24PM
0.23
12:27AM
0.17
12:51PM
0.33
12:54AM
0.30
1:20PM
0.45
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---5:28-------5:30-------5:31----
Sunset------6:54-------6:53-------6:52-
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-1----12-1----3101------1
Temp. °C262625262827262424242424262625232324242527262524
Feels °C (?)293128302725262628272728282729222426262526252827
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