Vetchs Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.86° S 31.05° E

Issued: 7 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Vetchs Reef sea temperature is

22.7° 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 (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Vetchs Reef at 3PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Evening (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	NE 7	NE 7	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	614	555	546	546	494	546	486	442	403	403	403	367	319	319	278	267	232	232	167	167	164	161	161
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	SW	SSW	S	S	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			8:03AM1.46m				8:36PM1.52m				8:51AM1.33m				9:34PM1.41m				10:13AM1.23m
Low Tide	2:06AM0.65m				2:09PM0.64m				2:56AM0.77m				2:58PM0.77m				4:10AM0.86m				4:18PM0.88m


	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	20	21	21	20	19	18	17	17	20	22	22	20	19	19	19	18	20	20	20	19	19
Feels °C	17	17	20	19	20	20	19	18	17	16	18	19	21	20	18	17	16	15	18	17	19	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 13	SE 12
kJ	614	555	546	546	494	546	486	442	403	403	403	367	319	319	278	138	113	91	75	167	164	232	161
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 9	SSW 12	S 12	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 7	SSW 14	SE 12	ENE 7
kJ	71	56	115	71	91	151	206	193	237	296	305	285	207	201	137	236	232	232	167	54	192	161	35
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 9	SSW 17	SSW 12	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	E 9	E 9	—	—	—	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 14	S 15	SSW 14	S 5	ENE 7	—
kJ	51	29	15	55	53	15	15	14	6	19	6	6	—	—	—	99	99	120	109	213	22	43	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NNE 6	NE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 5	S 5	SSW 13
kJ	—	—	—	3	2	5	14	18	18	51	20	33	86	225	236	267	208	—	3	25	32	18	791
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	1	2	3	1	3	2
Distance (km)	0	0	2	683	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	423	2	3	0	0	1	154	404	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		2	4	3	3	2			2	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	9
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	8	7	9	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	9

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