Vetchs Reef surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 Feb 2026 SAST
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Vetchs Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vetchs Reef sea temperature is
26.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vetchs Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Vetchs Reef at 12PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (28 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.4
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.4
NE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
S
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)1212126778889888885101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1871811341502984406573352912451941601251051111124931463029323127
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
15
SSE
25
SSW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
1.59
2:25PM
1.68
2:50AM
1.79
3:03PM
1.84
3:24AM
1.95
3:35PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
0.64
8:38PM
0.50
8:58AM
0.46
9:12PM
0.34
9:31AM
0.32
9:43PM
0.22
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-5:45-------5:46-------5:47------
Sunset----6:30-------6:29-------6:28---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1423211-----
Temp. °C222328292826272624252726252323212019202121212120
Feels °C (?)232329302929302626282927262522201614151617172020
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