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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	Tue	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Margate Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Wedge Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	2	1	5	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSE
Period(s)	16	12	12	14	13	12	12	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	19	8
Energy	1938	405	680	3771	1992	809	742	2276	3642	2474	1464	782	790	375	280	259	193	222	215	342	389	268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:58AM 1.49	1:21PM 1.61		1:41AM 1.66		2:03PM 1.75	2:22AM 1.80		2:45PM 1.60	3:02AM 1.87		3:25PM 1.93	3:42AM 1.89		4:06PM 1.95	4:23AM 1.85		2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)		7:17AM 0.52	7:24PM 0.45		7:59AM 0.23		8:03PM 0.20	8:39AM 0.09		8:44PM 0.10	9:17AM 0.18		9:25PM 0.05	9:57AM 0.15		10:07PM 0.04	10:37AM 0.17	9:56PM 0.13	10:50PM 0.10		10:36PM 0.18	11:36PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	25	24	20	18	18	18	20	21	19	21	21	19	21	23	20	23	16	20	15	15	20
Low °C	25	22	22	18	17	18	17	17	20	17	18	20	16	17	22	19	19	16	18	15	14	18
Chill °C (?)	27	25	24	20	18	18	18	20	21	19	21	21	19	21	23	20	23	16	20	13	14	20
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	16	12	12	14	13	12	12	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	6	6	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	8	14	8	8	8	16	8	-	-	6	7	8	8	8	11	11	20	6	18	19	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	-	5	5	-	-

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Trafalgar Durban/KZN South	Wedge Durban/KZN South	Wedge Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s)	15	14	14	16	15	14	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12
Energy	1661	1356	1582	1938	1016	1022	405	1118	680	1187	10059	3771	4112	1363	1992	1611	809	1347	786	742	866	879
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:58AM 1.49				1:22PM 1.37				1:41AM 1.66					2:03PM 1.75				2:22AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		6:31PM 0.43				7:17AM 0.38				7:24PM 0.45				7:59AM 0.22					8:03PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	26	26	21	22	25	22	22	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	28	27	26	26	21	22	25	22	22	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	16	15	14	12	14	12	15	-	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	18	7	6	7	8	8	14	12	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.9 S	5.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	12	5	7	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12									Wednesday 13
	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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12
Energy	2082	1822	1661	1108	1375	1356	1543	1746	1582	1817	1542	1938	1082	1721	1016	1097	1066	1022	1080	1004	405	466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:58AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)					6:31PM 0.43													7:17AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	28	24	27	27	25	26	26	26	26	26	22	26	21	21	21	22	24	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	29	29	28	24	27	27	25	26	26	26	26	26	22	26	21	21	21	22	24	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18	7	7	17	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-