Umdloti surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 01 Sep 2025 SAST
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Umdloti surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Umdloti sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Umdloti today?

The current surf forecast for Umdloti at 12AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (02 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
ESE
0.6
E
1.1
ENE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
0.4
SSW
0.8
ENE
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)71514131377771166615677776771716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)364328440381320256237214382258251415372176102664637447357226136116332405
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
NW
15
ENE
20
E
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
25
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
NNW
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
1.08
12:28PM
1.02
12:57AM
1.16
1:42PM
1.21
1:49AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.80
5:15AM
0.84
6:24PM
0.83
7:25AM
0.68
7:39PM
0.66
8:03AM
0.49
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:07--
Sunset5:39-------5:40-------5:40-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181819212120191919202022212020201919192121
Feels °C (?)192018181819202019191919201716161718191818191918
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Umdloti (calm at Durban Shaka Airport 9 km from Umdloti). 1.4m 8s swell from the S with a 1.1m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 8s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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SSW
Clean
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