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Quality on a good day: 3.5
Consistency of Surf: 2.5
Difficulty Level: 3.5

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Sunrise Surf Forecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 25 Mar 2023 SAST
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Sunrise surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunrise sea temperature is 26.1 °C (Statistics for 25 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 25.8 max: 26.7 min: 24.8 °C)
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Sunrise surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunrise sea temperature is 26.1 °C (Statistics for 25 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 25.8 max: 26.7 min: 24.8 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-shore wind 8 km from Sunrise has fallen light (light winds from the NNE.(Wind varies from 340 to 050 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Sunrise.

    1 hour 51 minutes ago Sunrise
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1 h 51 min ago

Light
6 km/h
NNE
Clean
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How big are the waves at Sunrise today?

The current surf forecast for Sunrise at 1AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

Hourly12 daysKwaZulu-Natal North Coast Surf
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Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sun
02
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
024341002233332134554200003333003334443224544423444434201112
Swell
Height Map
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T southafrica.htsgw.metric.3.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.6.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.9.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.12.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.15.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.21.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.36.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.39.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.45.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.60.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.63.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.69.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.84.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.87.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.93.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.108.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.111.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.117.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.132.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.135.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.141.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.156.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.159.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.165.cc23
T southafrica.htsgw.metric.180.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.183.cc23T southafrica.htsgw.metric.189.cc23
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.7
E
1.4
E
2.3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.3
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
2.5
NE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.7
ENE
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
2
S
2.1
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)88888887899101010109121212121212111111117111111779101010101010101010121110121111111113131212121111121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10551023105690994141227749410141716164123222196154595857511291413136712251092855826630544465735335277272446811288187918781432110210049329328475981055999552972686713588544746726660538449357311396322313
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
25
N
10
N
10
N
5
NW
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
5
SSE
0
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
35
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
15
SSW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
SE
10
E
5
NE
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglasscrossglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
1.74
6:08AM
1.74
6:20PM
1.59
6:33AM
1.55
6:46PM
1.42
6:58AM
1.36
7:15PM
1.24
7:26AM
1.17
8:04PM
1.06
10:18AM
1.01
1:15AM
1.09
1:26PM
1.15
1:55AM
1.28
2:01PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:56PM
0.15
12:16PM
0.25
12:24AM
0.32
12:43PM
0.42
12:51AM
0.51
1:11PM
0.59
1:21AM
0.70
1:53PM
0.77
2:30AM
0.89
6:24PM
0.85
7:30AM
0.81
7:39PM
0.68
8:02AM
0.65
8:07PM
0.52

Note: the tide data above is for Ballitoville which is 3 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Sunrise.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Sunrise blow from the W

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sun
02
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
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Temp. °C272323232324242322222019181921212120201918192326262323232425232323222121202021222221191918202222222121212021232423222120
Feels °C (?)242225242523201816171514141417171919211917162022242124242525181718181617161517181920181816182122222223222123232322212120
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:01-------6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------6:05------
Sunset6:00-------5:59-------5:58-------5:57-------5:55-------5:54-------5:53-------5:52---

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