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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	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23
	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	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	10	9	9	9	6	9	8	8	7	9	13	20	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	6
Energy(?)	1099	314	263	143	128	206	115	82	103	72	84	218	242	1106	2088	714	513	403	290	257	367	22
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:02AM 1.41		2:11PM 1.82	2:29AM 1.68		2:42PM 1.66	3:01AM 1.53		3:08PM 1.92	3:26AM 1.77		3:36PM 1.92	3:56AM 1.78		4:04PM 1.90	4:26AM 1.77		4:33PM 1.85	4:56AM 1.73		5:04PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		7:57AM 0.34		8:27PM 0.43	8:29AM 0.28		8:54PM 0.20	8:56AM 0.39		9:23PM 0.33	9:27AM 0.21		9:51PM 0.32	9:55AM 0.39		10:19PM 0.33	10:25AM 0.43		10:48PM 0.37	10:56AM 0.29		11:16PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	9
High °C	19	18	19	19	20	22	19	21	22	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	23	24	22
Low °C	18	18	19	17	19	20	18	20	21	19	21	21	20	21	21	20	21	22	22	22	24	22
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	19	20	22	19	21	22	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	23	24	22
Sunrise	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	9	9	9	9	5	8	8	7	9	13	9	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	10	9	7	7	9	8	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.8 E	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	5	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	8

	Sunday 16			Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	901	1454	722	684	559	527	699	252	263	210	232	143	138	114	128	151	173	133	105	74	108	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	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)				1:58AM 1.61	2:02AM 1.41				2:11PM 1.82				2:29AM 1.68				2:40PM 1.88				3:01AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		7:59PM 0.35				7:58AM 0.35					8:25PM 0.28				8:27AM 0.43				8:55PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	19	21	21	20	18	19	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	16	19	21	21	20	18	19	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	12	10	10	9	10	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	12	12	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	9	8	12	8	9	9	9	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16									Monday 17
	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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	9	12	9	9	10	10	12	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	715	2311	575	632	1647	915	1274	564	510	460	668	418	424	374	336	324	289	364	363	433	433	433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												1:58AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)						7:58PM 0.36												7:56AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	2.3 S	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	13	12	9	9	10	10	12	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	13	13	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-