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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7 day 48 hour

	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18
	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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	7	14	17	15	14	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	18	17	16
Energy(?)	831	271	1807	1777	375	472	161	432	537	537	426	433	426	411	295	338	291	195	672	1837	742	915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:36AM 1.67		5:03PM 1.88		5:10AM 1.82	5:37PM 1.69		5:45AM 1.80	6:13PM 1.90		6:20AM 1.61	6:50PM 1.69		6:59AM 1.53	7:32PM 1.63		7:45AM 1.59		8:21PM 1.54	8:37AM 1.30		9:24PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	10:28PM 0.24	10:47AM 0.26		11:04PM 0.22	11:21AM 0.24		11:40PM 0.22	11:55AM 0.25		12:18AM 0.25	12:29PM 0.14		12:59AM 0.30	1:08PM 0.21		1:42AM 0.39	1:56PM 0.48		2:39AM 0.47		2:52PM 0.60	3:51AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	17	17	17	21	22	19	19	20	18	19	20	20	19	21	20	21	22	20	20	20	20
Low °C	17	17	16	16	17	20	18	17	19	16	17	20	16	16	19	19	18	21	18	19	20	18
Chill °C (?)	21	16	17	17	21	22	18	19	20	18	19	20	20	19	21	20	21	22	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	14	17	10	14	7	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	17	16	10	10	15	-	10	13	7	12	12	12	11	10	18	16	16	7	11	11	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	-	-	1.2 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.4 NNE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	-	0.5 S	0.7 S	-	0.5 NE	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	4	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	4	4	-	6	4	-

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	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	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	17	10	16	15	15	14	14	17	17	16	15	15	10	14	6	14	14	10	10
Energy(?)	321	243	220	831	240	417	3333	1950	1604	1423	2167	1777	1447	1214	833	567	210	266	621	289	486	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:28PM 1.61				4:36AM 1.81					5:02PM 1.67				5:10AM 1.69				5:35PM 1.76				5:45AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			10:34PM 0.40				10:48AM 0.11					11:03PM 0.22				11:19AM 0.09				11:40PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	19	18	18	17	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	21	22	20	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	22	18	17	17	16	14	15	17	17	17	17	15	16	21	22	20	17	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	10	10	15	15	14	14	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	10	14	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	10	11	17	18	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	14	14	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NNE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 NNE	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	13	6	6	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	10	6	6	7	6	-	4