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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	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	13	9	9	9	9	5	6	6	7	7	7	12	7	8	7	8	7	8	14	12
Energy(?)	278	236	289	116	126	135	131	120	235	261	319	543	835	178	279	284	717	781	386	503	1413	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:24AM 2.00	5:35PM 1.79		5:56AM 1.89	6:05PM 1.70		6:28AM 1.96	6:37PM 1.81		7:02AM 1.63	7:13PM 1.41		7:43AM 1.43		8:04PM 1.44	8:54AM 1.43		9:50PM 1.06	11:45AM 1.35		1:06AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	11:13PM 0.11	11:31AM 0.03		11:40PM -0.04	12:04PM 0.09		12:13AM 0.25	12:36PM 0.42		12:44AM 0.19	1:14PM 0.35		1:22AM 0.37	2:00PM 0.53	2:01PM 0.76	2:19AM 0.80		3:33PM 0.92	4:19AM 0.74		6:39PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	2	-	-	8	3	2	8
High °C	25	26	28	25	26	26	25	26	26	24	27	26	23	27	29	26	26	26	24	22	23	22
Low °C	23	25	26	22	23	26	23	24	25	22	24	24	22	24	28	23	24	26	21	22	23	21
Chill °C (?)	25	26	28	25	26	26	25	26	26	24	27	26	23	27	29	26	26	26	24	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	8	7	7	8	7	8	7	8	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	12	14	13	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	13	8	9	12	12	12	-	16	12	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 NE	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	-	-	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	8	7	-	-	6

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	536	540	335	292	339	352	276	190	126	282	284	258	250	240	126	124	110	107	161	131	130	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		5:04PM 1.89				5:26AM 1.94				5:35PM 1.79				5:56AM 1.89				6:05PM 1.94				6:28AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)				11:11PM -0.07				11:33AM 0.23				11:40PM -0.04				12:04PM 0.30				12:13AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	25	24	24	23	25	27	27	26	25	23	23	22	24	26	26	26	25	24	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	27	25	24	24	23	25	27	27	26	25	23	23	22	24	26	26	26	25	24	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	5	5	15	15	14	8	9	13	13	5	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	5	5	-	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Thursday 19									Friday 20
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban KwaZulu Natal	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	503	636	508	498	497	436	346	355	340	328	317	292	287	332	278	273	301	241	348	281	276	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:06PM 1.83												5:26AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)										11:11PM -0.07												11:33AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	5	5	5	5	15	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-