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Tongaat - Westbrook, South Africa

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Ballito, the nearest town, 7 km away. Photo: Entropy1963, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Tongaat - Westbrook

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (120°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (300°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 36). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 21°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 26°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually June, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ballito, 7 km away (about 15 min by car).

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 29 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR), changing at İstanbul Airport (IST).

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  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Tongaat - Westbrook.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct473 ft7 smushy99kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct173 ft8 smushy97kJ24°C
Tue 20Oct86 ft7 smushy294kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct363 ft7 smushy115kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct313 ft6 smushy76kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct324 ft7 smushy139kJ22°C
Sat 24Oct215 ft8 ssoft321kJ23°C
Sun 25Oct323 ft7 smushy83kJ24°C
Mon 26Oct132 ft8 smushy52kJ24°C
Tue 27Oct195 ft7 smushy223kJ21°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to DUR, changing at IST, then 25 min by road. About 29h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Tiffanys

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Four poles

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Four poles

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Tiffanys

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 9 kn (18 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Tiffanys

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to DUR, changing at IST, then 25 min by road. About 29h 50 door to door

The plan picks the best of 6 spots near Ballito each day: Ballito, Christmas Bay, Four poles, Salmon Bay, Tiffanys, Tongaat - Westbrook.

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Rough cost

About £1,125–£2,230 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to DUR, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£800–£1,665
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£110–£185
Food7 days eating out£115–£210
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£50–£80
Total£1,125–£2,230

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Ballito

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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