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 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 S	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 E	0.9 S	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.6 E	2.1 ENE	1.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	12	12	7	7	7	7	6	6	9	6	6	6	15	8	8	8	8	14	16	14
Energy(?)	189	82	127	100	82	151	104	132	153	207	41	342	172	224	697	1367	1070	458	1032	413	1054	1207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	off	on	cross- off	on	on	on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:23PM 2.16	3:43AM 2.02		4:00PM 1.96	4:21AM 1.75		4:38PM 1.87	5:00AM 1.73	5:02AM 1.92	5:16PM 1.93		5:42AM 1.57	5:59PM 1.51		6:31AM 1.64	6:43PM 1.56		7:32AM 1.49	7:47PM 1.38		9:01AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		9:37PM 0.09	9:48AM 0.12		10:13PM -0.05	10:27AM 0.18		10:50PM 0.02	11:06AM 0.30		11:28PM 0.14	11:47AM 0.25		12:10AM 0.28	12:37PM 0.65		1:05AM 0.61	1:43PM 0.82		2:06AM 0.58		3:18PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	5	1	3	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	23	21	21	22	21	24	25	23	24	23
Low °C	21	19	18	19	18	18	20	19	20	21	19	20	22	20	21	22	20	22	24	22	23	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	23	21	21	22	21	24	25	23	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	0.3 S	0.4 S	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	2.4 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.3 E
Period (s)	8	6	6	7	5	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	9	8	15	15	8	8	8	8	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.2 E	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	8	12	12	8	8	7	6	11	12	9	9	13	13	8	-	13	11	11	14	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	0.7 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	2.4 E	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	5	7	-	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-

	Wednesday 05					Thursday 06								Friday 07								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	12	12	6	12	12	6	8	12	11	10	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7
Energy(?)	251	218	189	224	318	100	122	140	58	59	100	293	284	107	106	122	151	142	103	88	87	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:23PM 2.16				3:43AM 1.81				4:00PM 1.94				4:22AM 2.00				4:38PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10AM 0.12				9:37PM -0.06				9:48AM 0.12				10:13PM -0.05				10:27AM 0.18				10:50PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	12	6	6	12	6	8	7	7	10	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	6	8	12	5	8	9	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	11	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3

	Wednesday 05	Thursday 06
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	13	13	7	13	13	7	6	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	6
Energy(?)	596	288	251	392	571	218	324	318	138	189	195	533	375	179	112	111	100	100	99	130	122	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								3:23PM 1.98												3:43AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		9:10AM 0.12												9:36PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	8	13	13	8	13	13	13	8	6	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	7	7	14	7	7	8	13	12	8	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-