Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf

Durban KwaZulu Natal Surf Forecast

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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Durban KwaZulu Natal Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 E	2.0 SSE	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	17	18	18	16	15	15	14	13	8	7	16	19	16	6	13	6	6	6	8	7	7	8
Energy	361	219	150	161	866	132	124	225	114	98	159	126	197	244	142	63	40	110	52	408	538	832
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:14PM 1.37	2:25AM 1.57		2:44PM 1.65	2:58AM 1.56		3:17PM 1.70	3:30AM 1.62		3:50PM 1.72	3:59AM 1.80		4:23PM 1.73	4:32AM 1.60		4:55PM 1.72		5:03AM 1.55	5:29PM 1.70		5:36AM 1.65	6:05PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		8:10PM 0.37	8:39AM 0.43		8:44PM 0.31	9:11AM 0.38		9:18PM 0.29	9:42AM 0.36		9:51PM 0.43	10:13AM 0.35		10:22PM 0.28	10:43AM 0.22		10:58PM 0.48	11:16AM 0.25		11:29PM 0.36	11:49AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	5	24	13	28
High °C	23	21	22	22	20	20	21	20	22	22	20	21	22	20	26	25	21	18	19	16	13	15
Low °C	22	20	20	21	19	19	20	19	19	21	17	17	22	19	20	22	20	18	17	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	22	20	20	21	20	22	22	20	21	22	20	26	25	21	17	18	15	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	17	18	18	16	15	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	16	6	13	6	6	8	8	16	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	15	14	13	8	9	8	7	9	8	8	8	8	6	7	11	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	2	4	5	5	5	6	6	-	4	6	5	7	7	8

	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								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	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	18	6	17	17	17	18	16	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy	327	46	361	380	442	219	763	963	150	184	161	316	287	866	678	716	132	142	124	286	235	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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)			2:14PM 1.37				2:25AM 1.54				2:44PM 1.65				2:58AM 1.59				3:17PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	8:07AM 0.34				8:09PM 0.36				8:39AM 0.43				8:44PM 0.32				9:11AM 0.38				9:18PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	18	6	17	17	17	18	16	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	7	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	14	7	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	3	-	3	4	-	-	4	4	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 28															Friday 29
	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	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Southbroom 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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	19	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	16
Energy	322	327	327	59	46	46	45	27	361	437	384	380	437	437	442	427	221	219	209	308	763	786
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							2:10PM 1.59												2:25AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	8:07AM 0.35												8:09PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	6	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	19	6	6	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-