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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	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	12	16	10	10	14	9	9	14	13	13	11	10	13	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	123	177	217	331	298	1958	1512	1875	2196	1580	556	362	450	238	244	376	308	246	330	685	220	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 1.34		2:12PM 1.26	2:37AM 1.52		2:43PM 1.63	3:06AM 1.70		3:14PM 1.55	3:34AM 1.86		3:42PM 1.68	4:01AM 1.99		4:09PM 1.77	4:29AM 1.86		4:37PM 1.82	4:57AM 2.13		5:05PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	7:49PM 0.90		7:58AM 0.88		8:27PM 0.73	8:38AM 0.52		8:56PM 0.56	9:08AM 0.36		9:23PM 0.41	9:38AM 0.42		9:49PM 0.28	10:05AM 0.13		10:16PM -0.01	10:35AM 0.24		10:45PM 0.12	11:03AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	1	2	2	2	7	1	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	25	26	26	25	22	21	20	22	23	22	22	23	22	25	25	24	25	26	25	26	27
Low °C	26	24	25	25	23	22	20	18	19	23	20	20	23	20	22	24	20	22	26	22	23	26
Chill °C (?)	27	25	26	26	25	22	20	20	22	23	22	22	23	22	25	25	24	25	26	25	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 S	1.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 NE	2.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	7	8	15	14	11	13	11	7	7	8	8	12	10	10	10	7	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	1.0 NE	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	1.1 SE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	10	8	14	12	13	13	9	10	7	10	13	9	8	8	12	15	14	10	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 NNE	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	6	9	9	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	7	7	6	7	7	7

	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	14	10	8	14	14	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	207	183	184	232	200	207	204	201	476	355	324	529	561	583	373	1387	1958	1859	1812	1243	858	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	on	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 1.34					2:01AM 1.34				2:08PM 1.48				2:40AM 1.29				2:45PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				7:53PM 0.69				7:58AM 0.88					8:30PM 0.52				8:38AM 0.52				8:56PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	1	3	3	2
Temp. °C	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	25	23	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	25	23	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	20	19	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 E	0.9 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	8	14	7	7	8	8	8	13	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	6	7	11	10	8	8	8	10	14	14	13	12	12	11	8	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NNE	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	3	8	8	6	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	8

	Thursday 12															Friday 13
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	11	12	8	8	11	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	267	266	207	345	285	213	264	259	105	106	245	181	85	198	80	58	204	228	206	203	204	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						1:17PM 1.11													2:05AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)												7:49PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	11	7	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	2	2	2