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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	Wed	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate 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	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	2	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s)	10	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	8	13	7	7	16	8	16	15	8	13	12	6	6	8
Energy	54	337	92	238	149	160	924	559	171	280	106	79	137	63	81	224	141	134	133	206	82	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:50AM 1.53		2:13PM 1.40	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 1.60		4:55PM 1.53		5:03AM 1.56	5:29PM 1.70
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	10:44AM 0.37		10:55PM 0.31	11:16AM 0.25		11:29PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	21	22	22	20	20	20	19	21	21	20	20	22	20	22	23	19	21	22	20
Low °C	19	19	21	20	20	21	18	19	20	19	19	21	17	17	21	19	19	21	18	19	21	19
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	21	22	22	20	20	20	19	21	21	20	20	22	20	22	23	19	21	22	20
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	5	18	6	18	18	16	15	15	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	5	8	8	12	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	6	18	8	6	6	7	7	14	13	8	9	16	7	7	15	6	13	7	7	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	6	-	8

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	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	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	6	19	18	6	18	17	17	18	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	54	90	88	54	67	322	337	36	92	434	439	238	763	850	149	183	160	135	126	924	782	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)				1:50AM 1.53					2:13PM 1.40				2:25AM 1.54				2:44PM 1.65				2:58AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		7:31PM 0.43					8:07AM 0.34				8:09PM 0.36				8:39AM 0.43				8:44PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	21	21	20	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	21	21	20	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	5	5	6	6	18	6	6	17	17	18	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	19	6	9	18	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	6	4	-	-	4	4	5	6	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 27									Thursday 28
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion 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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe 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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	19	19	19	18	18	6
Energy	58	66	54	108	91	90	90	55	88	88	87	54	54	52	67	68	322	322	322	337	337	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												1:50AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)						7:31PM 0.43													8:07AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	18	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	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	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	19	19	19	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3