Beach
both
Level 6/10
Durban North Beach
Durban, South Africa
🦈Sharks🌀Strong rips
10-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Find FlightsSwell
1.3m
SE(136°)
Score: 12/25
Period
9s
Short period / windswell
Score: 8/25
Wind
15km/h
NNE(28°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
21°C
0.0mm92%
Windswell Component
0.5mNNE@3s
Secondary Swell
0.9mE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 16 km/h NNE|PM: 13 km/h NE
Lighter winds later (13 km/h)
Low tide at 1pm (-0.5m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
1:40 am
Low tide - -0.43m
7:45 am
High tide - 0.38m
1:42 pm
Low tide - -0.47m
8:30 pm
High tide - 0.50m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
21
PoorComponents
Swell Direction11/25
Swell Size12/25
Swell Period8/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score31/100
Adjustments
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score21/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score21
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- ESE (110°)
- Direction range
- 80° - 140°
- Size range
- 0.9m - 2.4m
- Ideal size
- 1.9m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 12s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- WSW (240°)
- Offshore range
- 210° - 270°
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- low to mid
Water temp
23°C
Wetsuit
Springsuit / 2mm
Bottom
Sand
Difficulty
6/10
Crowd level
6/10
👥 Winter Break (Jun 27 – Jul 13) — expect extra crowds
Best Season
Peak: Mar-Sep
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