Vetchs Reef Surf Forecast

/ Durban/KZN South (31 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Vetchs Reef surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 17 Nov 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 21.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vetchs Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Vetchs Reef at 8PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 17). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (17 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s

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

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	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ENE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	4	8	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	17	17	17	7	14	6	17	28	48	78	72	66	36	36	28	33	45	45	47	49	37	35	23	22
Wind (km/h)	S	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NE	NE	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	WSW	WSW	SSW	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	N	NNW	N	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:11PM 1.82				2:29AM 1.68				2:40PM 1.88				2:58AM 1.74				3:08PM 1.92				3:26AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)					8:27PM 0.43				8:27AM 0.43				8:55PM 0.37				8:56AM 0.39				9:23PM 0.33

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	20	19	19	18	17	19	20	21	19	19	19	18	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	20
Feels °C (?)	19	18	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	19	20	19	21	19	18	21	20	19	19	21	21	19	19	19

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