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Level 4/10

Durban North Beach

Durban, South Africa
🦈Sharks🌀Strong rips
3-Day Forecast
Today
30
46
Fair
1.1m
@13s
8km/h
Tue
31
39
Poor
1.0m
@12s
9km/h
Wed
1
43
Poor
0.9m
@11s
10km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.1m
SSE(161°)
Score: 10/25
Period
13s
Medium period swell
Score: 25/25
Wind
8km/h
NE(53°)
Score: 13/25
Weather
24°C
0.0mm64%
Windswell Component
0.3mNE@2s
Secondary Swell
0.6mE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 2 km/h NNW|PM: 10 km/h ENE
2 km/h vs 10 km/h afternoon
Low tide at 8am (-0.4m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

2:00 am
High tide - 0.96m
8:15 am
Low tide - -0.42m
2:13 pm
High tide - 0.90m
8:19 pm
Low tide - -0.52m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

46
Fair
Components
Swell Direction3/25
Swell Size10/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind13/25
Raw Score51/100
Adjustments
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score46/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score46
👥 Autumn Break

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

4/10

Crowd level

6/10

👥 Autumn Break (Mar 28Apr 7) — expect extra crowds

Best Season

Peak: Mar-Sep

Getting There

Airport
DUR
Drive time
10 min
Data quality
community

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