Vetchs Reef surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 14 Jul 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
21.7° 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: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 14). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)--
Afternoon (14 Jul)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (14 Jul)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.5
NE
0.9
E
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.5
NE
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111211111111111111111111811888888111111111111111111111111111111111166777778888111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3893893893833803733733673673673733673643582982982553002572894255213323825085401464471309249155132133166168166166230241224237433390340310701338307372398874798600270217185138298229173
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
W
5
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
E
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
40
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassonglassglassglassglassononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13PM
1.90
6:22AM
1.76
6:51PM
1.85
7:01AM
1.69
7:33PM
1.78
7:45AM
1.59
8:22PM
1.68
8:40AM
1.48
9:24PM
1.58
9:57AM
1.39
10:48PM
1.51
11:39AM
1.37
12:22AM
1.52
1:12PM
1.45
1:38AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
0.39
12:31PM
0.30
1:02AM
0.45
1:11PM
0.37
1:46AM
0.53
1:56PM
0.48
2:40AM
0.63
2:52PM
0.60
3:51AM
0.71
4:10PM
0.70
5:25AM
0.73
5:50PM
0.73
6:56AM
0.66
7:20PM
0.67
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:47------
Sunset5:13-------5:13-------5:14-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15---
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Rain (mm)
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