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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Durban KwaZulu Natal Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Fri		Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Fri
	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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	4	4	4	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	17	16	14	17	10	14	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	18	17
Energy(?)	323	831	357	1807	1777	432	472	161	418	537	456	426	433	363	411	295	335	345	314	672	491	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:28PM 1.61	4:36AM 1.81		5:03PM 1.88		5:09AM 1.63	5:37PM 1.90		5:44AM 1.61	6:13PM 1.90		6:20AM 1.61	6:50PM 1.69		6:59AM 1.53	7:30PM 1.67		7:41AM 1.47		8:19PM 1.58	8:37AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		10:34PM 0.40	10:47AM 0.12		11:03PM 0.22	11:21AM 0.09		11:40PM 0.22	11:54AM 0.09		12:22AM 0.39	12:29PM 0.14		12:59AM 0.30	1:08PM 0.21		1:44AM 0.38	1:51PM 0.33		2:36AM 0.49		2:46PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	23	21	17	16	17	21	23	19	19	20	18	20	21	20	19	21	19	21	21	19	19	18
Low °C	21	17	16	16	16	17	20	18	17	19	16	18	20	18	17	20	18	18	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	23	21	16	15	17	21	23	18	19	20	18	20	21	20	19	21	19	21	21	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	10	14	17	10	14	7	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	14	17	16	10	10	15	-	10	13	7	12	12	12	11	10	18	17	16	15	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	-	-	1.2 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.4 NNE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	4	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	4	4	-	-	4

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	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	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Margate Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	13	17	10	16	15	15	14	14	17	17	16	16	15	10	6	6	14	14
Energy(?)	315	227	321	243	458	831	240	417	3333	1950	1147	1423	2167	1777	1447	849	833	567	299	266	621	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:28PM 1.61				4:36AM 1.81					5:02PM 1.67				5:08AM 1.74				5:35PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	10:15AM 0.17				10:28PM 0.24				10:48AM 0.11					11:03PM 0.22				11:19AM 0.09				11:40PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	19	18	18	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	21	23	20	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	18	17	17	14	14	15	17	17	17	17	15	16	21	23	20	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	15	15	14	14	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	10	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	10	18	17	18	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 N	1.3 NNE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	6	6	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	10	6	6	7	6