South West Winds All Day Today 3 Nov 24 by Adam Kamdar in Durban
South West Winds All Day Today 3 Nov 24 by Adam Kamdar in Durban: It’s rare that the south-west wind blows gently all day in KZN. Today seems to be one of those gems—except that the wind is going to gust in later in the afternoon.
Over to Adam on the beach in Durban…
Synoptic
This wind is a pre-runner to the big south west winds that are gonna blow hard here in KZN for the next few days. The cold front causing all the upset put its foot to the floor and accelerated across the country to arrive here a good 24 hours earlier than predicted by the weather models.
So we end up with many low-pressure systems floating about the country. And two massive high pressure systems hemming it all in and focusing all that energy in kZN over the next few days.
All the way into Wednesday and even Thursday. By Thursday the full effect of the cold front on the ocean will be apparent. In the form of a monster open ocean swell reaching almost 5 meters. Luckily it is directly from the south and so should roll past without causing too much concern for inshore ocean users.
Overcast
The entire week looks to be sporting typical KZN Natal summer weather. Humid and hot. Day after day. It can’t really get too cold anymore so we just gonna have to deal with a lot of wind.
Surfing
Great surfing conditions for Durban’s many surf spots in town. In the earlier part of the day, both north and south coast will be firing too as the tide drops and the offshore blows it all smooth.
Fishing
The stable pressure period we have just been through has been wonderful for the fishing. It is still a winter gamefish type scene with kob, garrick, yellowtail and kingfish making up most of the headline catches.
Some really big kob again!
Diving
Sure hoping that the spearos can get in today and tell us what else is going on down below the surface.
