Vetchs Reef surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 05 Apr 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
25.4° 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 10PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (05 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
3
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)131313131312131414131313131312121212121111111414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)953106010098388257117228298497786535695514543393332692181501381051036664
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
N
5
WSW
5
W
15
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
20
SSE
10
ESE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
25
NE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrossoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
1.84
5:32AM
1.86
5:44PM
1.74
5:57AM
1.73
6:10PM
1.61
6:22AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
0.36
11:41AM
0.43
11:48PM
0.48
12:06PM
0.55
12:14AM
0.62
12:33PM
0.68
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset5:47-------5:46-------5:45-------
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-11-----3---------------
Temp. °C252322222223232221212121212122222222212120212324
Feels °C (?)272524252320191719171819181820202223222220212121
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