Trafalgar surf break

Trafalgar surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 SAST
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Trafalgar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Trafalgar sea temperature is
25.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Trafalgar today?

The current surf forecast for Trafalgar at 5AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)101716161515151414141313131313131212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3154878479115109103969392878585858475484810346694342
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NE
35
S
30
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
N
20
ENE
15
E
0
E
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
0.98
11:14AM
1.01
12:37AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.82
5:51PM
0.70
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:13-------6:15-------6:15----
Sunset------5:43-------5:42-------5:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------22-------
Temp. °C252524273224242322212121242424232223232324242424
Feels °C (?)252422252921232322222323232528262324232424242626
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