Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf

Detailed Durban KwaZulu Natal surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Durban KwaZulu Natal. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Durban KwaZulu Natal over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Durban KwaZulu Natal and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Durban KwaZulu Natal coastline are also listed below.

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	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Cave Rock Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	3	0	4	2	0	3	2	0	3	0	3	2	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	3.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	8	9	8	8	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1820	2208	1520	2082	1818	1383	902	1025	577	2578	919	551	364	211	135	928	579	230	352	180	318	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:53AM 1.52		2:17PM 1.48	2:29AM 1.49		2:49PM 1.64	2:59AM 1.80		3:17PM 1.76	3:26AM 1.88		3:42PM 1.80	3:52AM 1.93		4:05PM 2.07	4:16AM 1.94		4:29PM 2.06	4:40AM 1.92		4:53PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		8:03AM 0.42		8:28PM 0.38	8:35AM 0.26		8:57PM 0.39	9:03AM 0.14		9:24PM 0.28	9:29AM 0.22		9:50PM 0.21	9:55AM 0.18		10:15PM 0.19	10:19AM 0.17		10:39PM 0.20	10:42AM 0.21		11:02PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	10	11
High °C	18	20	20	19	19	19	19	25	23	22	21	22	20	32	31	23	19	20	19	20	19	17
Low °C	16	17	19	18	19	19	18	20	23	20	21	21	19	22	27	17	19	19	18	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	19	19	19	19	25	23	22	21	22	20	32	31	23	19	20	19	20	19	16
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	2.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 E	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	8	8	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	16	17	9	9	9	8	9	11	11	12	12	7	11	12	10	12	8	8	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.0 S	-	0.4 NNE	2.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	7	8	8	5	-	3	8	3	9	7	-	8	6	-	-

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1429	2356	2533	2478	2368	2257	1655	1328	2023	2009	2192	1820	2106	2077	1818	1537	1359	1228	834	902	861	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:53AM 1.34					2:17PM 1.48				2:29AM 1.67				2:47PM 1.83				2:59AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		7:50PM 0.54					8:02AM 0.57				8:27PM 0.53				8:35AM 0.42				8:57PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	16	16	17	19	20	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	16	16	17	19	20	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	16	16	16	17	17	16	9	6	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	5	6	6

	Wednesday 17									Thursday 18
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1558	2395	2229	2218	2329	2356	1762	1766	2533	1438	1440	1592	1457	1497	1335	1349	1349	1364	1364	1391	1391	1487
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												1:53AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)						7:50PM 0.54													8:02AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	-	-