| Region | Durban |
| Nearby | La Lucia Umdloti Battery Beach North Beach |
| Local Time | |
| Wave Type | Beach Break |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | W (10 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 6 | NW (10 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 7 | NW (10 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 8 | NW (10 kph) | 5 ft | low |
| 9 | NW (11 kph) | 4-5 ft | |
| 10 | N (11 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 11 | NE (12 kph) | 3-4 ft | |
| 12 | NE (14 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 13 | NE (16 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 14 | NE (18 kph) | 3 ft | high |
| 15 | NE (18 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 16 | NE (18 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 17 | NE (17 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 18 | NE (16 kph) | 3 ft |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | NW (7 kph) | 2-3 ft | |
| 6 | W (6 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 7 | W (6 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 8 | W (6 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 9 | SW (5 kph) | 2 ft | low |
| 10 | S (5 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 11 | S (5 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 12 | SE (6 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 13 | SE (7 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 14 | SE (8 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 15 | SE (8 kph) | 3 ft | high |
| 16 | S (9 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 17 | S (10 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 18 | S (12 kph) | 3 ft |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SW (12 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 6 | SW (12 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 7 | SW (12 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 8 | SW (13 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 9 | SW (14 kph) | 2 ft | low |
| 10 | SW (15 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 11 | S (16 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 12 | S (18 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 13 | S (20 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 14 | S (22 kph) | 2 ft | |
| 15 | S (24 kph) | 2-3 ft | |
| 16 | S (25 kph) | 3 ft | high |
| 17 | S (27 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 18 | S (27 kph) | 3 ft |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SW (18 kph) | 4-5 ft | |
| 6 | SW (17 kph) | 5-6 ft | |
| 7 | SW (17 kph) | 5-7 ft | |
| 8 | SW (16 kph) | 5-7 ft | |
| 9 | SW (16 kph) | 4-6 ft | |
| 10 | SW (17 kph) | 4-6 ft | low |
| 11 | SW (17 kph) | 5-6 ft | |
| 12 | SW (17 kph) | 5-6 ft | |
| 13 | S (17 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 14 | S (17 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 15 | S (16 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 16 | SW (14 kph) | 5 ft | high |
| 17 | SW (13 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 18 | SW (14 kph) | 5 ft |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | W (14 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 6 | W (13 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 7 | W (12 kph) | 4-5 ft | |
| 8 | W (11 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 9 | SW (14 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 10 | SW (18 kph) | 4 ft | low |
| 11 | SW (21 kph) | 3-4 ft | |
| 12 | SW (21 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 13 | SW (22 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 14 | S (22 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 15 | S (20 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 16 | S (19 kph) | 3 ft | |
| 17 | S (17 kph) | 3-4 ft | high |
| 18 | SW (17 kph) | 3-4 ft |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SW (13 kph) | 5 ft | high |
| 6 | SW (14 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 7 | SW (15 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 8 | SW (15 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 9 | SW (18 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 10 | SW (20 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 11 | S (22 kph) | 4 ft | low |
| 12 | S (23 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 13 | S (23 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 14 | S (23 kph) | 4 ft | |
| 15 | S (21 kph) | 4-5 ft | |
| 16 | S (19 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 17 | S (17 kph) | 5 ft | high |
| 18 | SW (16 kph) | 5 ft |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SW (12 kph) | 5 ft | high |
| 6 | SW (12 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 7 | SW (12 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 8 | SW (12 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 9 | SW (14 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 10 | SW (15 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 11 | S (17 kph) | 5 ft | low |
| 12 | S (17 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 13 | S (17 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 14 | S (17 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 15 | S (16 kph) | 5-6 ft | |
| 16 | S (14 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 17 | S (12 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 18 | S (11 kph) | 6 ft | high |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SW (15 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 6 | SW (15 kph) | 6 ft | high |
| 7 | W (16 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 8 | W (16 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 9 | SW (17 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 10 | SW (18 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 11 | SW (19 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 12 | SW (19 kph) | 6 ft | low |
| 13 | SW (19 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 14 | S (19 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 15 | S (19 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 16 | S (18 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 17 | S (17 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 18 | S (15 kph) | 6 ft | high |
| Time | Wind | Wave | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SW (8 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 6 | SW (7 kph) | 6 ft | high |
| 7 | SW (7 kph) | 6 ft | |
| 8 | SW (7 kph) | 5-6 ft | |
| 9 | N (5 kph) | 5-6 ft | |
| 10 | NE (5 kph) | 5-6 ft | |
| 11 | E (5 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 12 | E (8 kph) | 5 ft | low |
| 13 | E (11 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 14 | SE (15 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 15 | E (11 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 16 | E (8 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 17 | E (5 kph) | 5 ft | |
| 18 | NE (4 kph) | 5 ft |
Umhlanga Rocks is a popular tourist beach surrounded by upmarket restaurants and hotels. This is a beach break with some rocky sections depending on how much sand is around. It is less protected from the harbour mouth than spots further South so it gets a good amount of swell. It is also more exposed to the wind so can get lumpy before the other breaks further South.