Vetchs Reef surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
26.2° 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 1AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
NE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)77888888888810101010101010106688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30645665729828422716013112510511186493129293030315039433594
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
N
20
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25PM
1.68
2:50AM
1.79
3:03PM
1.84
3:24AM
1.95
3:35PM
1.96
3:54AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
0.50
8:58AM
0.46
9:12PM
0.34
9:31AM
0.32
9:43PM
0.22
10:02AM
0.23
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----5:46-------5:47-------5:47--
Sunset6:30-------6:29-------6:28-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------153221----------
Temp. °C282727252425272625232322191820222222212020212223
Feels °C (?)283029252527292827232419141214161718191919201920
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