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Durban · South Africa

Durban in May

Sea, with a tide. What an average May looks like here, from five years of weather history.

Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
8.4
Model gust, kn
18.5
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
10
Direction
SSW
Waves, m
1.6
Surf days
31
Water °C
24
Air °C
23
Sunny days
20
Rain days
6
Wetsuit
no wetsuit

By the model, May is one of the calmest months here: 8.4 kn mean against 9.9 kn over the year. Best for wind: Oct, Nov and Jan.

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Season

Best for wind: Oct, Nov and Jan

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind, shape of the year
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
10.6
10.0
10.5
9.1
8.4
7.8
8.8
10.0
10.6
11.3
10.8
10.4
Model gust, kn
23.7
22.4
23.0
20.2
18.5
17.2
19.1
21.7
22.9
24.2
24.0
23.3
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
17
12
15
13
10
9
13
15
16
18
16
16
Direction
NE
NE
NE
SSW
SSW
NE
SSW
NE
NE
SSW
NE
NE
Waves, m
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.9
1.6
1.6
Surf days
31
28
31
30
31
30
31
31
30
31
30
31
Water °C
25
25
25
25
24
23
22
21
21
22
23
24
Air °C
27
27
26
24
23
21
21
21
22
22
24
25
Sunny days
9
6
11
11
20
21
22
19
9
7
5
4
Rain days
13
13
13
11
6
4
3
6
9
12
11
16

Wind bar: the month's model mean wind between 09:00 and 18:00 against the windiest month here (full bar). Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.

From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.

Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2021 to 2025.