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KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the KwaZulu Natal North Coast coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	3	2	4	0	0	6	6	5	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSE	0.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	8	7	11	7	6	8	7	8	11	7	14	6	8	14	18	17	17	16
Energy(?)	40	53	344	126	148	195	235	135	210	287	100	473	739	183	610	241	448	1589	5467	4172	2364	1197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 2.11		3:46PM 2.04	4:03AM 2.14		4:21PM 2.05	4:38AM 2.10		4:56PM 2.00		5:13AM 2.01	5:31PM 1.75		5:51AM 1.86	6:09PM 1.76		6:33AM 1.67	6:57PM 1.53		7:23AM 1.30		8:04PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	9:15PM -0.01	9:41AM -0.04		9:52PM 0.10	10:14AM -0.07		10:27PM 0.12	10:49AM 0.15		10:58PM 0.01	11:26AM 0.24		11:41PM 0.33	12:05PM 0.38		12:24AM 0.51	12:49PM 0.55		1:17AM 0.70	1:43PM 0.54		2:23AM 0.75
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	2	3	-	6	2	-	-
High °C	23	27	29	25	26	24	22	26	29	30	27	24	22	23	26	24	19	22	20	19	20	20
Low °C	21	22	27	23	25	23	21	21	28	25	26	23	19	22	26	20	19	21	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	27	29	25	26	24	22	26	29	30	27	24	22	23	26	24	18	22	20	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 S	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.4 E
Period (s)	6	5	8	7	8	8	11	7	11	8	7	8	11	6	14	6	15	14	18	17	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	15	15	13	12	5	11	14	10	9	9	16	7	-	9	8	9	8	-	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.0 S	1.4 S	-	0.5 NE	1.6 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	1.8 S	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	-	1.1 ESE	-	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	3	6	7	6	4	7	-	3	6	-	4	8	-	-	6	6	8	8	-	8	-	5

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SW	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 S	0.5 NE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	7	6	16	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	7	10	11	12	11
Energy(?)	70	166	208	40	65	83	53	113	248	781	273	723	204	241	134	87	176	58	313	329	366	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:14PM 1.91				3:29AM 1.96				3:46PM 2.04				4:03AM 2.14				4:21PM 2.05				4:37AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 0.01				9:41AM 0.13				9:52PM 0.10				10:13AM -0.06				10:27PM 0.12
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	24	21	21	22	27	28	27	27	25	27	25	26	29	24	23	23	22	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	25	23	24	21	21	22	27	28	27	27	25	27	25	26	29	24	23	23	22	21	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	12	7	6	5	7	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	10	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	9	6	8	9	8	9	15	14	13	13	7	12	12	8	7	5	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	2.1 NE	-	-	1.8 NNE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 SE	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	5	7	3	6	5	6	6	7	7	-	8	-	-	7	6	6	6	5	-	-	6

	Thursday 16									Friday 17
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	12	7	6	12	6	6	6	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	15	6	5
Energy(?)	80	248	69	70	183	58	70	73	80	73	53	107	38	55	126	68	82	128	100	106	122	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 1.74												3:30AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)								9:17PM 0.15												9:41AM -0.04
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	21	21	23	23	26	27	27
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	21	21	23	23	26	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	12	7	6	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	15	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	12	6	5	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	6	3	4	3	4	5	7	5	5	6	5

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