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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	Fri		Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	5	5	4	4	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.9 NE	1.1 ENE	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	1.7 ENE	1.7 NE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	7	10	12	6	7	6	8	16	14	14	6	8	9	18	17	16	15	14	13
Energy(?)	318	695	154	211	281	128	301	462	197	210	284	975	384	200	883	2021	3852	3037	3364	1285	750	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	on	glass	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:46PM 2.04	4:03AM 2.14		4:21PM 2.05	4:36AM 2.01		4:54PM 1.84		5:13AM 2.01	5:34PM 1.89		5:51AM 1.86	6:13PM 1.55		6:32AM 1.50	7:06PM 1.57		7:27AM 1.47		8:21PM 1.19	8:54AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		9:52PM 0.10	10:14AM 0.11		10:21PM -0.06	10:49AM -0.03		11:03PM 0.20	11:26AM 0.24		11:41PM 0.33	12:05PM 0.38		12:18AM 0.30	12:45PM 0.37		1:17AM 0.70	1:50PM 0.72		2:37AM 0.66		3:20PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	4	1	-
High °C	29	28	26	24	22	25	31	30	26	25	23	25	26	24	19	20	19	20	21	19	21	22
Low °C	27	25	25	23	21	22	29	24	25	24	22	22	25	22	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	22
Chill °C (?)	29	28	26	24	22	25	31	30	26	25	23	25	26	24	18	20	19	20	21	19	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	5:35	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	12	11	7	8	8	9	14	5	14	8	14	18	17	16	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	15	14	13	12	7	7	14	10	9	8	5	9	14	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.9 NE	1.0 S	1.4 S	-	0.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 NE	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	5	7	-	3	6	7	6	8	-	5	5	6	8	9	-	-	-	8	4	6

	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon
	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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Wedge 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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 SW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	9	10	10	10	12	12	5	6	13	7	7
Energy(?)	63	141	310	1250	903	695	574	287	154	89	195	310	450	400	333	192	120	143	255	175	511	538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:46PM 2.04				4:02AM 2.05				4:21PM 2.05				4:37AM 1.95				4:56PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 0.13				9:47PM -0.06				10:14AM 0.11				10:22PM -0.05				10:49AM 0.15				10:58PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	30	27	27	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	22	21	21	21	22	25	28	30	26	28	29
Chill °C (?)	27	30	27	27	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	22	21	21	21	22	25	28	30	26	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	12	8	7	9	14	13	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.4 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	13	5	6	6	-	-	7	7	2	3	5	6	7	7	7

	Friday 17															Saturday 18
	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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Wedge 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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 NE	0.2 SSW	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	15	14	14	8	14	8	8	13	8	8
Energy(?)	84	63	63	78	149	141	265	234	310	331	445	1250	56	55	55	913	22	695	695	99	222	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:46PM 2.04													4:03AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		9:41AM 0.13												9:47PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	26	27	28	30	29	31	28	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	24	26	27	28	30	29	31	28	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	24	24	25
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.4 SW	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	6	5	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	6	8	6	15	15	15	15	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	-	2.5 NE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	0.4 SW	-	1.8 NE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	2	-	8