Trafalgar Surf Forecast

/ Durban/KZN South (30 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (30.68° S 30.51° E)

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Trafalgar surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 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 22.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Trafalgar today?

The current surf forecast for Trafalgar at 6PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (19 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s

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

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	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	E	E	SSW	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	9	7	7	12	5	5	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	316	131	108	203	252	348	322	305	289	394	377	139	98	63	83	70	55	69	67	81	163	215	218	215
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	N	N	NNW	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:46PM 1.68				2:59AM 1.58				3:11PM 1.74				3:25AM 1.63				3:35PM 1.76				3:49AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:32AM 0.20				8:56PM 0.16				8:58AM 0.14				9:20PM 0.10				9:23AM 0.10				9:44PM 0.07

	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	3	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	18	19	19	18	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	18	20	20	20	18	17	16	16	19
Feels °C (?)	18	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	15	14	15	14	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Trafalgar (light winds from the SSE at Pennington South 36 km from Trafalgar). 1.7m 8s swell from the S with a 1.3m 8s swell, also from the S and a 0.6m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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36 km away, 50 min ago

6 km/h

SSE

0.0

22.5

Air / Water (°C)

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