Vetchs Reef Surf Forecast

/ Durban/KZN South (30 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Vetchs Reef surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 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 21.5° 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: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

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

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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	147	88	92	117	90	81	71	46	66	50	96	70	70	70	70	52	143	277	242	186	135	113	96	78
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SW	SSW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 1.65				7:29AM 1.46				7:57PM 1.43					8:57AM 1.27				10:15PM 1.26					12:27PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				1:22AM 0.64				1:36PM 0.75					2:29AM 0.83				3:22PM 0.95					5:32AM 0.90

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	19	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	23	24	23	22	23	21	19	20	22	22
Feels °C (?)	20	22	16	15	15	16	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	18	21	23	22	24	23	17	18	17	20	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Vetchs Reef have swung cross-off (moderate winds from the SSW at Durban Shaka Airport 28 km from Vetchs Reef). A 1.1m swell from the E
1 hour 52 minutes ago Vetchs Reef

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28 km away, 1 h 52 min ago

20 km/h

SSW

0.0

21.5

Air / Water (°C)

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