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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	Wed		Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion 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	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	4	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	0.5 SSW	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	12	8	8	14	14	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	12	12	12	16	13	12
Energy(?)	463	1144	490	283	172	198	645	833	838	1109	1214	1377	1415	895	941	1053	83	1404	1569	100	2074	1861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:17AM 1.18	1:17PM 1.08		2:06AM 1.09		2:08PM 1.48	2:37AM 1.52		2:43PM 1.63	3:06AM 1.70		3:14PM 1.56	3:34AM 1.67		3:41PM 1.89	4:01AM 1.99		4:09PM 1.77	4:29AM 2.08		4:37PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	5:43PM 1.04		6:33AM 0.79	7:49PM 0.90		7:58AM 0.88		8:27PM 0.73	8:38AM 0.71		8:56PM 0.56	9:08AM 0.37		9:23PM 0.22	9:38AM 0.42		9:49PM 0.28	10:07AM 0.31		10:17PM 0.18	10:35AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	3	2	1	11	9	3	8	2	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	26	27	27	25	27	27	26	25	22	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	22	23	22	23	24
Low °C	28	24	26	25	24	25	26	24	23	21	18	18	20	18	20	21	18	20	23	19	21	24
Chill °C (?)	28	26	27	27	25	27	27	26	25	22	20	19	20	18	21	21	21	22	23	22	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 NE	1.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.3 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	8	10	14	7	8	15	13	14	10	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 NE	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	-	12	11	14	13	14	14	14	13	11	-	13	13	11	12	12	12	11	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	12	5	4	8	5	7	7	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11					Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Ansteys 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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	2.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	10	13	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	6	7	14
Energy(?)	337	427	286	221	467	1094	444	336	490	163	205	241	310	239	201	324	195	331	645	384	853	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 1.29					12:17AM 1.18				1:09PM 1.34					2:01AM 1.34				2:12PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				5:43PM 1.04				6:24AM 1.02				7:53PM 0.69				7:58AM 0.88					8:27PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	3	-	-
Temp. °C	28	29	27	26	24	25	24	26	27	27	25	25	24	24	24	25	27	27	26	24	26	26
Chill °C (?)	28	29	27	26	24	25	24	26	27	27	25	25	24	24	24	25	27	27	26	24	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.6 E	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	14	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	13	-	11	12	5	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	2.3 NE	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	1.2 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	-	8	-	3	12	5	5	-	5	4	-	8	-	8	5	6	7	6

	Wednesday 11															Thursday 12
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Ansteys 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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.5 S	2.3 NE	0.6 SSW	2.3 NE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	10	14	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	13	8	12	8	8	12
Energy(?)	501	337	240	185	420	427	443	460	515	577	731	165	165	754	1375	639	118	1144	191	1098	416	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:57AM 1.29															12:17AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)										5:43PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	29	29	28	28	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	27	28	29	29	28	28	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	13	14	13	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	13	13	12	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-