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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	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Mon
	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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.0 S	3.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	1.4 S	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	12	10	15	13	14	13	13	13	7	17	17	15	8	8	7	7	7	9	12	6	6	7
Energy(?)	506	185	597	454	350	536	263	191	489	890	1662	655	1475	510	468	461	415	254	355	298	439	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:07PM 1.53		6:37AM 1.23	6:47PM 1.38		7:47AM 1.09		8:12PM 1.11	10:26AM 1.33		11:02PM 1.25	12:02PM 1.48		12:23AM 1.40	12:53PM 1.67		1:10AM 1.58	1:33PM 1.85		1:51AM 1.54		2:09PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		12:28AM 0.49	12:41PM 0.61		1:20AM 0.62	1:58PM 0.73		3:06AM 0.70		5:09PM 0.94		5:19AM 0.80	6:28PM 0.77		6:27AM 0.64	7:12PM 0.58		7:13AM 0.46	7:47PM 0.23		7:50AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	26	16	3	-	-	3	-	-	3	2	1	3	-	-
High °C	19	20	19	20	20	22	24	22	20	20	19	25	27	24	22	21	21	19	19	19	21	21
Low °C	19	18	19	20	18	20	22	20	19	19	19	21	25	21	21	21	19	19	19	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	20	20	22	24	22	20	20	19	25	27	24	22	21	21	19	19	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-
Sunset	6:16	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.8 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	12	6	15	13	14	6	7	7	12	6	17	15	14	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.2 E	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	6	9	9	9	13	13	13	8	17	8	11	-	13	-	12	16	6	12	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	-	0.4 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	1.4 S	-	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 E	0.8 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	4	5	6	-	4	7	7	8	6	8	-	7	7	7	-	5	6	6	11

	Monday 27					Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thu
	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	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	12	14	16	16	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	335	330	358	295	208	542	991	940	597	578	454	398	350	350	220	340	143	405	541	426	317	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:07PM 1.53				6:37AM 1.25				6:47PM 1.38				7:56AM 1.33					8:12PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		12:02PM 0.47				12:29AM 0.48				12:44PM 0.83				1:16AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	20	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	20	22	23	22	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	20	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	17	20	22	23	22	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	12	6	6	14	16	16	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	9	6	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	13	13	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	13	3	3

	Monday 27															Tuesday 28
	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	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	7	6	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	367	358	447	335	458	289	425	360	236	236	243	295	300	295	169	159	160	185	716	449	449	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											6:07PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)					12:02PM 0.48												12:26AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	18	19	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	6	9	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	10	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-