Vetchs Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.86° S 31.05° E

Issued: 1 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Vetchs Reef sea temperature is

22.3°C

Vetchs Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Vetchs Reef today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Vetchs Reef at 6PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Evening (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 1					Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	SE 10	SE 10	E 7	S 5	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	132	100	80	77	77	63	59	54	209	205	235	84	123	131	164	185	160	144	151	247	245
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide					8:12PM1.36m				9:46AM1.39m				10:28PM1.30m					11:39AM1.48m
Low Tide			2:04PM0.84m				2:49AM0.77m				4:22PM0.89m				4:54AM0.78m					6:08PM0.77m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	3	5	1	1	—	1	1	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	1
Temp °C	24	23	23	22	21	20	21	20	21	20	21	21	20	20	21	21	22	23	22	22	22
Feels °C	22	23	23	22	20	19	21	20	22	19	21	21	19	19	21	20	22	25	24	21	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSW 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 10	E 10	E 9
kJ	132	100	79	62	64	63	41	41	209	205	10	67	50	74	100	98	160	144	90	65	63
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	E 10	S 6	S 6	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 13	SSW 7	SSW 12	SSW 11	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	SSW 9
kJ	80	79	80	77	77	47	35	52	32	16	13	13	17	9	14	23	96	94	42	40	26
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 10	SE 9	SE 9	—	SSW 10	S 10	—	S 17	S 17
kJ	12	11	11	21	21	33	46	24	23	14	17	17	2	3	3	—	20	48	—	6	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6
kJ	7	9	13	19	30	37	59	54	83	83	235	84	123	131	164	185	150	144	151	247	245
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Zinkwazi KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	4	2
Distance (km)	156	156	156	59	1	50	53	122	2	82	40	154	82	59	82	82	695	2	2	695	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast					Dairy Beach (New Pier)	The Spot	The Spot		Reunion									Reunion	Reunion		Reunion
Rating (10 max)					1	1	1		2									2	2		2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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