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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	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 SSW	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	12	12	13	13	13	9	8	13	6	8	12	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	6
Energy(?)	212	168	154	293	214	556	479	304	194	191	210	199	186	172	150	114	128	138	101	206	152	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 1.51		10:26PM 1.34	11:40AM 1.47		12:44AM 1.12	1:21PM 1.34		2:04AM 1.56		2:24PM 1.72	2:56AM 1.75		3:10PM 1.58	3:36AM 1.67		3:49PM 1.72	4:13AM 1.76		4:24PM 2.03	4:48AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 0.62	4:48AM 0.84		6:27PM 0.83		6:46AM 0.59	7:50PM 0.67		8:06AM 0.44		8:43PM 0.49	8:59AM 0.28		9:23PM 0.17	9:41AM 0.17		9:59PM 0.05	10:19AM 0.10		10:32PM -0.02	10:52AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	25	26	28	25	25	25	24	25	27	24	26	27	25	26	28	25	26	27	25	27
Low °C	26	26	24	24	26	24	24	25	23	24	24	22	24	26	23	25	27	23	24	26	23	24
Chill °C (?)	27	27	25	26	28	25	25	25	24	25	27	24	26	27	25	26	28	25	26	27	25	27
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	12	7	13	13	13	9	8	5	6	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	14	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	13	12	7	12	-	6	7	6	6	8	14	13	12	12	11	11	7	7	-	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	6	-	-	6	5	4	-	3	-	5	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	6	6

	Tuesday 27							Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Lucien 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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	7	7	12	12	7	7	12	7	7	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	732	358	212	193	168	326	209	132	212	340	126	144	476	417	245	245	312	281	599	177	434	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:41AM 1.51				10:25PM 1.10					11:40AM 1.47				12:42AM 1.16				1:21PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	2:59AM 0.73				4:16PM 0.86				4:48AM 0.84					6:23PM 0.59				6:46AM 0.58				7:48PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	24	26	27	27	26	24	24	24	24	25	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	24	25	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	24	26	27	27	26	24	24	24	24	25	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	24	25	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	12	12	12	6	7	13	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	5	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	14	10	6	14	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	14	4	2	5	5

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	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	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Lucien 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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	11	7	7	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	7	12	12
Energy(?)	1032	438	450	442	416	200	302	218	214	146	219	193	394	268	281	269	245	82	299	155	333	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								9:41AM 1.51													10:29PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	2:59AM 0.73														4:12PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	24	24	25	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	24
Chill °C (?)	25	26	24	24	25	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	12	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	5	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	3	3	3	3	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	-	6	6