Surf Alerts

 

The new harbour wall skunks Durban again and Cape Town looks set for another solid swell next weekend.

01/07/2012

 

 

 
18 June - 25 June
DBN:  There used to be a time that July cooked in Durban, unfortunately it seems that with the lengthening of the South Pier off the DBN harbour, that time is over. The predominantly southerly orientated winter swells are no longer getting into the bay. This shows day after day of listless 1-3ft slop served up along Durban’s Golden Mile. This week see more of the same with Monday and Wednesday being your best bets. At least the weather is good most of the time.

COFFEE BAY: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are all great for surfing, but watch out for strong winds next Sunday that will see you running for the shelter of the Buffalo Bar.

 
EL: Monday is the day, so bunk work, miss school and do what you have to do but don’t miss starting your week with a surf.
PE: Your best bet is on Monday morning, then it is going to be frustrating watching all that swell later in the week swing past the bay without wrapping in.

CT: The long range for next weekend is looking promising, so rest up during the week. Practice your breath hold and polish your rhino chaser because you are gonna need it if that swell doesn’t downgrade a bit.

 

 
  
            
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Posted by Georgia on the 19/07/2012 20:28
Certainly the Umgeni did flow into Durban Bay during the great fodols of 1845 and 1856, but I believe that the true mouth of the river has always been near the Blue Lagoon.I quote an extract of an email kindly sent me by Professor John Dunlevey (Geology) dated 27th April 2011 in which he wrote the position of the mouth has been fairly static for quite a long time, but during each sea level low', the river cut quite a deep gorge out onto the continental shelf which has, of course, filled each time the sea level rose.The gorge, filled with soft sediments, providing [sic] an ideal path for the next time the sea level dropped .To round out clarity about fluctuating sea levels, this should be read against an extract from : During the most recent Ice Age about 18,000 years ago, sea levels reached about 120m below current levels, meaning that Durban, if it had been around, would have been about 15km inland And from another source that I am not sure I can identify but think was written by a retired Secretary of the Windsor Park Golf Course: The estuary mouth appears to have moved between the bay and the sea until it was mechanically redirected by the city engineer in the early 1900s due to concerns of flooding, malaria and damage to reclamation works