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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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	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.6 S	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 S	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	7	12	8	8	8	12	8	7	7	9	9	12	11	12	8	9	9	11	9	9	7	7
Energy(?)	269	248	252	254	327	82	324	384	176	203	276	279	240	284	202	249	181	231	208	444	375	263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:43AM 1.34		10:08PM 1.16	11:53AM 1.18		12:59AM 1.31	1:26PM 1.36		1:54AM 1.53		2:09PM 1.65	2:27AM 1.79		2:43PM 1.56	3:02AM 1.87		3:11PM 1.90	3:28AM 1.89		3:39PM 1.96	3:53AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		3:07PM 0.78	4:56AM 0.84		6:24PM 0.75		7:19AM 0.68	7:35PM 0.55		8:06AM 0.49		8:15PM 0.50	8:38AM 0.44		8:46PM 0.20	9:09AM 0.18		9:13PM 0.10	9:35AM 0.24		9:43PM 0.20	10:02AM 0.04
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	8	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	4	2	-	-	-
High °C	28	26	24	25	29	25	28	31	23	23	25	23	24	24	24	26	26	24	23	24	24	25
Low °C	25	26	22	23	28	23	24	28	23	23	24	22	23	24	23	24	25	23	23	24	22	23
Chill °C (?)	28	26	24	25	29	25	28	31	23	23	25	23	24	24	24	26	26	24	23	24	24	25
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.6 S	1.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.2 E	1.0 S	0.9 E	0.8 S	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	13	7	12	12	7	6	9	12	8	8	8	9	9	6	9	9	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	8	11	14	5	12	-	-	16	9	11	9	11	12	5	12	11	8	9	10	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 SSW	-	0.9 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.0 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	8	5	8	7	5	-	6	-	3	4	5	-	5	-	-	9	7	7

	Thursday 26							Friday 27								Saturday 28
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	0.7 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	6	8	8	11	7	7
Energy(?)	507	232	269	242	248	285	339	325	301	212	254	238	274	357	562	543	378	524	277	203	730	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:26AM 1.24				10:08PM 1.16					12:01PM 1.31				1:01AM 1.30				1:25PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	2:15AM 0.87				3:03PM 0.78				4:56AM 0.84					6:28PM 0.68				7:20AM 0.64				7:35PM 0.55
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	23	24	28	26	26	25	24	24	23	24	25	26	26	25	25	24	23	24	28	28	26	25
Chill °C (?)	23	24	28	26	26	25	24	24	23	24	25	26	26	25	25	24	23	24	28	28	26	25
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	0.5 S	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	12	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	8	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	7	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	8	6	6	7	8	7	6

	Thursday 26																					Fri
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.7 S	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	13	7	7	13	12	7	7	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	546	271	373	332	299	279	270	272	269	250	192	165	201	322	263	268	163	263	189	200	148	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							8:26AM 1.24														10:36PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	2:15AM 0.87													3:15PM 0.72
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	25	26	28	28	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	25	26	28	28	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	8	7	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	-	5	6	6	6	5

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