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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	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	0	3	3	3	4	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	1.9 S	0.4 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 E	0.8 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	9	9	12	9	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	7	12	11	8	11	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1692	26	17	1203	32	2044	1339	1535	1625	1237	1089	736	866	409	675	634	706	422	196	1066	1089	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:59AM 1.18	1:39PM 1.50		1:53AM 1.34		2:18PM 1.47	2:30AM 1.48		2:49PM 1.60	2:59AM 1.80		3:17PM 1.76	3:26AM 1.88		3:43PM 1.84	3:52AM 1.93		4:07PM 1.87	4:17AM 1.74		4:31PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	6:49PM 0.89		7:17AM 0.74	7:50PM 0.54		8:03AM 0.42		8:28PM 0.37	8:35AM 0.42		8:57PM 0.39	9:03AM 0.15		9:24PM 0.28	9:29AM 0.07		9:50PM 0.21	9:55AM 0.18		10:13PM 0.05	10:18AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	19	18	19	18	21	20	19	19	19	19	22	22	21	25	23	21	22	26	22	21	21
Low °C	20	17	17	19	17	17	19	18	19	19	18	20	22	20	23	21	19	21	22	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	18	18	19	18	21	20	19	19	19	19	22	22	21	25	23	21	22	26	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:45	-
Sunset	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	3.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.5 S
Period (s)	16	9	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.3 E	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	-	0.1 S	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	9	16	16	16	9	16	9	8	15	6	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	-	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	3.5 S	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	3.0 NE	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	-	0.4 SW	-	2.5 S	2.3 S	-
Period (s)	7	14	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	6	5	6	7	9	7	7	-	6	-	8	9	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.3 E	2.0 S	0.4 ENE	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	1.1 NE	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	9	12	9	12	13	12	13	13	5	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	320	526	656	6607	8457	6632	3565	7568	17	1320	28	1295	2246	1412	1545	2106	84	1533	1739	1682	1443	1458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:17PM 1.10				12:59AM 1.18				1:37PM 1.26				1:53AM 1.52					2:17PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				6:43PM 0.71				7:19AM 0.58				7:50PM 0.54					8:02AM 0.57				8:28PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	21	19	18	18	15	16	18	18	19	18	18	17	15	17	19	20	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	18	17	17	14	15	18	17	19	18	18	16	14	17	19	20	20	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	8	13	16	8	8	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	16	9	16	16	16	16	17	16	9	6	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	14	14	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16															Wednesday 17
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	St Mikes Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.5 E	3.5 SSW	0.5 NE	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	8	14	8	13	14	14	14	14	9	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	699	501	320	510	522	526	510	4129	64	4127	68	3349	7333	6909	5218	7880	36	5307	5868	5428	8732	7784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:17PM 1.10												12:58AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)											6:49PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	22	22	23	23	23	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	19	18	19	19	18	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	22	23	22	22	23	23	23	21	21	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	18	18	17	16	13	15
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 NE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	0.5 NE	3.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	8	13	8	13	13	13	13	8	13	8	8	17	8	14	9	8	9	9	8	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	6	5	6	6	6	6	16	6	14	17	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13