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 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	4	0	4	4	3	3	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	20	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	7	11	10	10	9	14	15	15	15	14	13	11
Energy(?)	95	444	2836	1956	904	932	1148	1012	653	521	898	1014	414	347	214	320	394	851	1120	659	703	697
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:36PM 1.92	3:56AM 1.78		4:06PM 1.62	4:26AM 1.54		4:34PM 1.64	4:55AM 1.55		5:02PM 1.77		5:27AM 1.50	5:35PM 1.51		6:04AM 1.43	6:11PM 1.42		6:53AM 1.56	6:56PM 1.47		7:46AM 1.30	7:56PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		9:51PM 0.32	9:56AM 0.21		10:17PM 0.15	10:25AM 0.24		10:45PM 0.19	10:56AM 0.49		11:17PM 0.24	11:28AM 0.36		11:50PM 0.31	12:05PM 0.45		12:29AM 0.57	12:58PM 0.76		1:18AM 0.65	1:54PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	29	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4
High °C	22	21	22	22	21	22	23	22	25	25	22	20	22	20	21	22	21	25	25	22	20	19
Low °C	22	18	20	22	19	21	22	20	23	22	20	20	21	18	20	22	19	25	24	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	22	21	22	23	22	25	25	22	20	22	20	21	22	21	25	25	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 ENE	0.3 NE	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	20	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	6	6	10	10	9	9	15	15	15	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	-	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 E	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	15	-	19	8	7	7	5	14	9	8	-	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	6	7	11	6	-	-	5	5	4	6	7	12	11

	Thursday 20					Friday 21								Saturday 22								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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion 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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Margate 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	0	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	18	21	20	20	19	17	8	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	68	58	377	794	1619	1381	2252	2378	56	1003	2427	1751	1637	1548	1526	1708	932	915	986	1070	1581	1252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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)			3:38PM 1.64				3:57AM 1.61				4:06PM 1.62				4:25AM 1.59				4:33PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	9:25AM 0.38				9:48PM 0.14				9:55AM 0.39				10:16PM 0.16				10:25AM 0.43				10:45PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	21	22	21	20	19	19	18	20	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	21	22	22	22	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	20	19	19	18	20	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	21	22	22	22	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	9	6	13	12	20	20	19	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	9	8	21	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	8	8	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 20															Friday 21
	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	Reunion 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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Margate 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North
Rating	0	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	21	13	13	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19
Energy(?)	60	52	83	100	122	54	53	95	51	51	794	113	113	783	783	953	422	422	548	662	2252	1302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								3:38PM 1.69												3:56AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25AM 0.38												9:48PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	12	8	8	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	13	6	6	6	9	9	21	13	13	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-