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 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	3	3	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.9 NE	1.4 ENE	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	14	14	19	17	16	16	15	12	11	6	7	7	8	16	12	11	6	8	12
Energy(?)	363	242	157	305	357	243	776	2481	1261	949	376	287	148	245	263	111	162	98	319	296	210	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:33PM 1.78		7:45AM 1.59		8:21PM 1.54	8:37AM 1.30		9:24PM 1.58	9:57AM 1.39		10:47PM 1.39	11:39AM 1.37		12:24AM 1.33	1:11PM 1.24		1:40AM 1.40		2:17PM 1.37	2:37AM 1.49		3:07PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:46AM 0.53	1:56PM 0.48		2:39AM 0.47		2:45PM 0.45	3:51AM 0.71		4:10PM 0.70		5:25AM 0.73	5:50PM 0.73		6:54AM 0.51	7:20PM 0.67		8:04AM 0.38		8:20PM 0.38	8:54AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	25	24	22	19	18	18	16	17	17	18	21	18	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20
Low °C	19	18	18	23	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	19	17	17	20	18	19	20	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	18	25	24	22	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	21	17	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	9	11	17	16	16	15	12	11	11	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	17	16	14	14	8	11	12	12	12	15	16	15	11	10	7	11	12	11	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	1.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	5	6	6	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	7	2	4	5	11	6	-	-

	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18								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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 SW	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.6 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	11	8	8	8	14	14	6	19	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	298	298	298	300	295	295	381	351	356	189	343	767	787	357	136	190	1166	1974	1056	4724	4665	1380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:32PM 1.63				7:45AM 1.59					8:22PM 1.68				8:39AM 1.25				9:24PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		1:11PM 0.37				1:44AM 0.38				1:56PM 0.48					2:39AM 0.47				2:46PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	23	25	25	24	21	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	23	25	25	24	21	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	11	19	18	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	8	7	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	10	11	14	11	8	8	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 16															Thursday 17
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	11	11	16	16	11	16	16	16
Energy(?)	361	354	298	361	361	361	298	298	298	298	292	246	242	493	244	242	617	595	295	496	636	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:33PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)						1:08PM 0.21												1:46AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	19	19
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	10	9	9	17	17	9	16	16	16	16	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	3