Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf

Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue		Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	0	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s)	15	6	11	11	5	18	17	17	16	16	15	16	14	13	12	12	16	16	7	7	7	7
Energy	219	122	64	53	116	341	308	712	886	167	780	173	119	260	91	52	301	147	287	223	421	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:06AM 1.62	1:35PM 1.34		1:50AM 1.53		2:14PM 1.37	2:25AM 1.54		2:44PM 1.65	2:58AM 1.57		3:17PM 1.70	3:30AM 1.62		3:50PM 1.72	4:01AM 1.62		4:23PM 1.73	4:32AM 1.60		4:55PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	6:47PM 0.64		7:31AM 0.44	7:31PM 0.57		8:07AM 0.34		8:09PM 0.36	8:40AM 0.28		8:44PM 0.32	9:11AM 0.38		9:18PM 0.29	9:42AM 0.36		9:50PM 0.27	10:13AM 0.35		10:22PM 0.28	10:44AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	22	23	23	20	23	22	21	23	23	20	21	21	20	22	22	20	21	23	20	22	20
Low °C	23	20	20	21	20	20	22	20	20	22	19	19	21	20	21	21	18	18	21	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	22	23	23	20	23	22	21	23	23	20	21	21	20	22	22	20	21	23	20	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	15	6	11	5	5	6	17	17	16	16	15	6	6	7	7	6	16	6	16	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	6	11	10	18	7	6	6	6	6	16	14	13	12	12	8	16	7	16	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	-	1.7 SSW	1.9 S
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	5	2	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	6	7	-	7	7

	Tuesday 26					Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Fri
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	15	14	6	6	6	12	11	11	11	10	10	5	6	19	18	6	17	17	17	17
Energy	153	227	219	334	276	122	70	64	64	57	53	71	78	116	68	325	341	61	308	384	488	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:46PM 1.44				1:06AM 1.62				1:32PM 1.52				1:50AM 1.53					2:14PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				6:45PM 0.49				7:31AM 0.44				7:31PM 0.43					8:07AM 0.34				8:09PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	20	23	22	22	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	20	23	22	22	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	15	14	6	6	6	6	11	6	5	10	10	5	6	6	6	6	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	14	12	12	12	6	11	11	5	10	10	9	19	18	9	7	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	2	-	4	4	4	4

	Tuesday 26															Wednesday 27
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) 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	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	18	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	6	12
Energy	327	474	153	151	243	227	218	226	219	217	324	334	334	241	276	136	123	122	111	107	70	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:46PM 1.44													1:06AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)											6:45PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	16	6	6	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	4	4	4	4	4	4