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.

Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf Forecast

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Durban KwaZulu Natal Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Durban KwaZulu Natal Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Durban KwaZulu Natal Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Durban KwaZulu Natal Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Durban KwaZulu Natal Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Durban KwaZulu Natal Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Durban KwaZulu Natal Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Durban KwaZulu Natal Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Durban KwaZulu Natal Photos

Durban KwaZulu Natal Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	13	12	12	11	10	8	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	14	13	12	15	14	13	11
Energy(?)	1164	1274	267	315	194	99	95	256	432	247	328	522	546	382	253	477	812	314	628	321	206	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:54PM 1.38		7:53AM 1.50			9:05AM 1.28		9:30PM 1.17	10:35AM 1.32		11:09PM 1.39	11:49AM 1.42		12:19AM 1.51	12:48PM 1.58		1:17AM 1.42	1:39PM 1.89		2:04AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	12:49PM 0.56		1:18AM 0.65		2:07PM 0.84	2:23AM 0.54		3:25PM 0.67	3:47AM 0.57		5:12PM 0.78		5:10AM 0.51	6:15PM 0.47		6:18AM 0.42	7:11PM 0.33		7:19AM 0.43	7:59PM 0.37		8:08AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	2
High °C	24	26	23	24	25	24	27	25	24	25	24	23	22	22	21	23	24	22	23	22	20	20
Low °C	22	25	22	23	24	23	25	24	22	25	23	20	21	21	19	21	23	21	23	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	24	26	23	24	25	24	27	25	24	25	24	23	22	22	21	23	24	22	23	22	20	20
Sunrise	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	1.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	15	13	6	12	11	10	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	13	12	8	14	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	6	12	6	6	10	12	11	13	7	7	-	-	7	14	9	8	15	8	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	-	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	4	5	-	12	4	4	6	4	7	8	7	8	9	8	-	3	4	6	11	6	6	5

	Wednesday 26							Thursday 27								Friday 28
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion 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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	7
Energy(?)	507	1642	1164	954	657	930	631	523	433	220	259	103	100	205	102	138	115	115	83	136	185	774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:46AM 1.41				6:55PM 1.33				7:46AM 1.29				7:58PM 1.22	8:02PM 1.37				9:15AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				12:58PM 0.76				1:18AM 0.47									2:23AM 0.54				3:41PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	19	22	24	25	24	23	24	23	23	23	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	25	27	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	19	22	24	25	24	23	24	23	23	23	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	25	27	25	25	24
Sunrise	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	6	12	11	6	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	13	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	16	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NE
Period (s)	5	5	4	5	5	5	-	6	6	2	12	4	4	11	4	4	-	-	6	4	5	7

	Wednesday 26																					Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion 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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	316	527	445	444	888	1780	1913	1845	2029	1564	1007	986	820	1111	694	1130	942	930	400	414	411	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					6:53AM 1.56												6:55PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)											12:58PM 0.76
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	19	19	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6