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 1 pm Thursday 18 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 21.6° 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 6PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Evening (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	6s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
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	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	28	11	20	25	20	68	26	26	25	24	24	25	26	38	71	172	293	569	780	927	770	502	494	675
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:17PM 1.68				2:29AM 1.67				2:47PM 1.83				2:59AM 1.80				3:15PM 1.95				3:26AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:02AM 0.57				8:27PM 0.53				8:35AM 0.42				8:57PM 0.39				9:03AM 0.30				9:24PM 0.28

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	21
Feels °C (?)	20	20	17	18	16	17	16	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	13	16	17	19	19	22	19	19	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Vetchs Reef (light winds from the SSE.(Wind varies from 110 to 180 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport 28 km from Vetchs Reef). 0.7m 5s windswell from the E with a 0.3m 9s swell, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 2 minutes ago Vetchs Reef

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28 km away, 2 h 2 min ago

13 km/h

SSE

0.0

21.6

Air / Water (°C)

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