Trafalgar surf break

Trafalgar surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 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
25.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Trafalgar today?

The current surf forecast for Trafalgar at 12PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
1.2
ENE
0.2
SSW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
NE
1.6
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)65615151414131381261010101012115611101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3857502121211917170151323793402881921791356417122201734
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
WSW
40
S
35
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
E
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
15
N
10
WNW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47PM
1.75
4:02AM
1.94
4:21PM
1.76
4:37AM
1.90
4:56PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
-0.05
9:47PM
-0.05
10:15AM
-0.07
10:22PM
-0.05
10:49AM
-0.03
10:58PM
0.01
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----5:36-------5:35-------5:34---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222326272626272525242323222221212021262627282726
Feels °C (?)222324262626272523201819202219201819232426282625
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