Warner Beach surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 SAST
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Warner Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Warner Beach sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Warner Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Warner Beach at 10AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (20 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (20 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s

Table - waves today at Warner Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.3
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
E
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)9910101010109999979999912121391313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)405457328332321303284244312249214282317215179204253240288238214178262269
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SE
15
E
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
5
S
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
1.41
2:41AM
1.50
3:06PM
1.58
3:17AM
1.61
3:40PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
0.44
8:33PM
0.41
8:52AM
0.28
9:12PM
0.28
9:25AM
0.15
9:45PM
0.18
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:22------
Sunset----5:34-------5:35-------5:35---
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181920191919171717192121201919191818202120181717
Feels °C (?)161819181717161616161617181920201717181819181817
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Warner Beach (light winds from the SW at Durban Intnl. Airport 7 km from Warner Beach). 1.6m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.2m 7s swell from the S and a 0.7m 9s swell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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7 km/h
SW
Clean
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