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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Durban KwaZulu Natal Wavefinder

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	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Baggies 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	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.6 NE	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	18	17	18	18	16	15	15	14	13	7	8	16	8	16	15	5	9	13	6	9	5	6
Energy	327	442	249	150	155	970	438	143	269	111	102	162	78	149	236	87	51	74	77	155	241	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:13PM 1.38	2:25AM 1.57		2:44PM 1.65	2:58AM 1.56		3:17PM 1.70	3:30AM 1.62		3:50PM 1.72	3:59AM 1.80		4:23PM 1.73	4:32AM 1.58		4:55PM 1.72		5:03AM 1.72	5:29PM 1.70		5:36AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:07AM 0.34		8:10PM 0.37	8:39AM 0.43		8:44PM 0.31	9:10AM 0.24		9:18PM 0.29	9:42AM 0.36		9:51PM 0.43	10:13AM 0.35		10:22PM 0.28	10:43AM 0.22		10:58PM 0.48	11:16AM 0.40		11:34PM 0.53	11:49AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	13	22
High °C	22	22	21	22	22	19	20	20	19	21	21	20	21	22	20	26	25	22	19	18	17	16
Low °C	19	22	20	20	21	18	19	20	19	19	21	17	17	22	19	20	23	19	19	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	22	22	19	20	20	19	21	21	20	21	22	20	26	25	22	18	17	16	15
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	18	17	18	18	16	15	15	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	6	9	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	6	6	8	6	6	7	5	14	13	8	9	16	8	8	15	8	9	8	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	6	5	-	5	-	5	5	6

	Wed	Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate 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	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	5	10	6	19	18	6	17	17	17	18	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	99	54	68	322	327	46	442	432	439	249	763	969	150	185	155	135	668	970	774	570	438	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	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)		1:50AM 1.53					2:13PM 1.38				2:25AM 1.54				2:44PM 1.65				2:58AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					8:07AM 0.34				8:09PM 0.36				8:39AM 0.43				8:44PM 0.31				9:10AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	19	22	23	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	19	22	23	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	18	6	17	17	17	18	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	19	6	9	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	6	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 S	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	3	4	3	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Amanzimtoti 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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate 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	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	6	6	19	19	19	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	17	17
Energy	90	55	99	99	98	54	54	53	68	69	125	322	322	327	327	59	46	46	39	33	442	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:50AM 1.53													2:10PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)													8:07AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	19	19	6	6	9	9	9	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3