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 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	1	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	11	10	14	14	8	14	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	12	11
Energy(?)	1023	79	139	57	429	347	440	1211	149	1030	1190	1488	828	879	844	642	827	1083	1048	1523	1465	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.94	1:09PM 1.34		2:05AM 1.12		2:08PM 1.48	2:37AM 1.52		2:45PM 1.39	3:09AM 1.46		3:14PM 1.56	3:35AM 1.62		3:42PM 1.67	4:02AM 1.70		4:09PM 1.73	4:29AM 1.86		4:37PM 2.04	4:57AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)		6:24AM 1.02	7:49PM 0.90		7:58AM 0.88		8:27PM 0.73	8:38AM 0.71		8:58PM 0.36	9:08AM 0.37		9:24PM 0.22	9:38AM 0.42		9:49PM 0.08	10:05AM 0.12		10:16PM -0.01	10:34AM 0.05		10:45PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	4	4	22	9	5	5	2	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	25	25	24	25	28	25	23	22	21	20	19	20	20	23	21	22	23	22	23	25	24
Low °C	24	25	24	23	24	27	24	23	20	18	19	18	18	18	22	19	19	23	19	21	25	21
Chill °C (?)	26	25	25	24	25	28	25	23	22	21	20	18	20	20	23	21	22	23	22	23	25	24
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	2.4 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	10	7	8	14	14	14	10	8	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	7	8	14	14	14	8	13	11	-	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	8	5	5	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	1	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 E	0.5 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	8	8	8	8	12	8	12	8	8	10	8	8	10	14	13	13	14	14	14	6
Energy(?)	286	136	1263	1023	436	341	545	224	86	264	268	242	272	201	275	688	722	781	560	576	499	648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:38AM 0.97				1:09PM 1.34					2:05AM 1.12				2:11PM 1.23				2:37AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		5:43PM 1.04				6:24AM 1.02				7:53PM 0.69				7:58AM 0.88					8:30PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	28	26	25	24	24	26	27	26	25	24	25	24	23	25	27	24	26	25	25	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	28	26	25	24	24	26	27	26	25	24	25	24	23	25	27	24	26	25	25	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	12	5	11	11	9	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	0.5 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	3	12	5	-	5	5	10	9	-	-	3	8	8	7	7	3	6

	Wednesday 11									Thursday 12
	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	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	1	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	7	7	8	8	8	8	13	13	12	12	8	13	13	11	11	11	11	5	12	12
Energy(?)	201	139	453	505	1011	1466	1493	1363	136	180	162	162	972	112	136	187	405	400	245	92	545	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:38AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)				5:25PM 0.82													6:33AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	27	26	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	27	26	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	10	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	13	19	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	2	2	11	11	11	5	12	12