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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	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach 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	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.5 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	7	12	14	14	13	9	9	13	13	13	12	7	7	7	10	7	7	6	6	13	6	8
Energy(?)	167	335	226	193	394	258	218	299	181	202	268	147	131	169	28	145	113	203	167	225	310	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:37AM 1.26		12:44AM 1.39	1:21PM 1.57		2:03AM 1.28		2:24PM 1.49	2:54AM 1.49		3:11PM 1.61	3:37AM 1.91		3:50PM 1.71	4:13AM 2.02		4:24PM 1.78	4:48AM 1.85		4:56PM 2.04		5:18AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.63		6:54AM 0.79	7:50PM 0.67		8:06AM 0.45		8:42PM 0.31	8:59AM 0.29		9:24PM 0.33	9:43AM 0.36		10:01PM 0.22	10:18AM 0.10		10:32PM -0.02	10:53AM 0.25		11:06PM 0.14	11:22AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	25	25	25	24	26	27	24	26	27	25	26	27	24	26	27	25	26	27	25	30
Low °C	25	27	24	24	25	23	24	25	22	24	26	23	25	27	23	24	26	23	24	26	23	25
Chill °C (?)	27	28	25	25	25	24	26	27	24	26	27	25	26	27	24	26	27	25	26	27	25	30
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	6:57	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	1.2 E	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	6	7	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	16	14	8	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	8	6	6	13	5	13	12	12	11	11	10	15	14	10	9	13	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	7	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	7	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	8

	Wednesday 28							Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	7	7	6	6	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	13	14	14	9	8	8	13
Energy(?)	274	214	167	157	195	325	362	245	312	347	271	183	159	298	233	437	404	391	218	179	109	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)				11:40AM 1.47				12:42AM 1.16				1:21PM 1.57					2:02AM 1.32				2:24PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)						6:23PM 0.60				6:46AM 0.59				7:48PM 0.48					8:10AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	24	26	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	26	26	25	24
Chill °C (?)	24	26	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	26	26	25	24
Sunrise	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	6	12	12	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	13	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	6	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	13	8	6	13	14	14	6	6	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	6	6	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	3	-	-

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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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	12	7	12	13	13	6	6	6	13
Energy(?)	209	201	224	190	214	162	186	196	199	190	231	157	171	207	195	339	229	218	218	368	211	261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)										11:37AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)			4:48AM 0.84														6:20PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	24	25	25	27	28	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	24	25	25	27	28	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	7	12	12	7	12	7	13	13	6	6	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	6	6	6	12	6	6	12	6	12	6	6	13	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	-	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6