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 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Margate 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.1 SE	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	0.5 S	1.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	10	8	12	10	10	10	9	9	6	9	8	8	9	9	6	8	18	16	14
Energy(?)	774	1426	1165	467	479	1233	633	283	308	151	154	189	111	71	107	70	55	135	49	716	2006	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:42AM 1.41	1:05PM 1.63		1:27AM 1.29	1:40PM 1.73		1:58AM 1.61		2:13PM 1.61	2:32AM 1.51		2:42PM 1.66	3:01AM 1.56		3:08PM 1.92	3:29AM 1.58		3:38PM 1.68	3:56AM 1.78		4:06PM 1.68	4:26AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 0.67	7:25PM 0.62		7:23AM 0.58	7:58PM 0.51		7:56AM 0.50		8:27PM 0.27	8:29AM 0.28		8:54PM 0.21	8:58AM 0.23		9:21PM 0.16	9:27AM 0.20		9:51PM 0.32	9:56AM 0.21		10:17PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	20	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	20	25	20	19	17	18	18	18	19	19	21	21	19	21	22	21	23	23	22	24	24	23
Low °C	18	22	20	19	17	18	17	17	18	17	19	20	18	20	22	19	21	23	21	22	23	21
Chill °C (?)	19	25	20	19	16	18	18	18	19	19	21	21	19	21	22	21	23	23	22	24	24	23
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.2 NE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	8	11	10	9	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	8	8	5	9	8	6	18	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	12	8	9	7	9	9	12	8	8	12	11	9	7	7	9	7	13	8	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	8	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	-	5

	Friday 14			Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) 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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.4 NE	0.8 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.1 SE	2.0 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	7	13	12	9	8	8	10	9	7	9	8	9	9	12	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	535	574	671	339	1339	636	919	1566	1165	704	503	665	425	526	446	587	689	967	678	843	559	743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
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	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:43AM 1.18				1:05PM 1.63				1:27AM 1.33				1:42PM 1.52					2:01AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 0.74				6:42AM 0.67				7:27PM 0.47				7:24AM 0.42				7:59PM 0.36				7:57AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	5	9	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	18	18	19	22	25	20	20	19	19	19	19	17	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	18	19	22	25	19	20	19	19	19	19	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.7 SE	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	7	8	12	12	11	10	10	7	10	10	8	9	9	12	10	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.3 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	-	12	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	9	13	13	9	9	10	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	0.5 S	1.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	7	7	3	7	9	8	8	6	9	7	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 14									Saturday 15
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) 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	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	6	8	8
Energy(?)	697	618	535	536	702	574	603	670	432	382	419	402	402	430	689	430	880	645	708	858	1426	1471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:43AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)					6:44PM 0.74												6:41AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	20	21	22	23	19	25	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	18	19	20	21	22	23	18	25	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	14	14	5	13	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	13	13	13	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 NE	-	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	10	10	10	6	8	8