KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf

Detailed KwaZulu Natal North Coast surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in KwaZulu Natal North Coast. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in KwaZulu Natal North Coast over the next 7 days. Surf photos from KwaZulu Natal North Coast and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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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 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SE	0.7 S	1.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	10	14	9	8	14	13	13	12	9	8	9	8	8	7	11	10	9	9
Energy(?)	372	234	23	219	280	406	1944	1325	1714	2452	1726	1016	325	649	198	266	605	381	608	716	233	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:09PM 1.34		2:04AM 1.25		2:14PM 1.36	2:40AM 1.41		2:43PM 1.63	3:09AM 1.46		3:14PM 1.55	3:34AM 1.86		3:41PM 1.89	4:02AM 1.76		4:11PM 2.16	4:29AM 2.02		4:37PM 1.82	4:57AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		7:51PM 0.76		7:58AM 0.88		8:30PM 0.58	8:39AM 0.55		8:58PM 0.36	9:07AM 0.38		9:23PM 0.41	9:38AM 0.42		9:50PM 0.09	10:07AM 0.31		10:17PM -0.01	10:34AM 0.05		10:43PM -0.06	11:03AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	-	5	3	3	6	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	24	26	26	24	22	21	20	22	23	22	23	24	22	24	24	24	26	26	24	25
Low °C	25	26	24	24	26	24	22	19	18	20	23	21	21	23	20	21	24	20	22	26	21	23
Chill °C (?)	26	27	24	26	26	24	22	21	20	22	23	22	23	24	22	24	24	24	26	26	24	25
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 S	1.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	1.4 SSW	0.8 NE	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	7	8	13	14	11	13	12	9	11	7	8	8	12	15	10	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 SSE	1.0 NE	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	12	6	10	8	14	12	13	13	9	10	9	7	8	9	9	12	8	11	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	1.8 SSE	-	1.6 SE	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	1.8 E	1.6 E	-	2.1 ENE	1.4 E
Period (s)	12	6	-	-	4	-	9	8	8	13	-	7	-	8	-	4	7	7	11	-	7	9

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.5 NE	1.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	14	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	540	292	349	187	253	232	222	221	202	222	305	312	269	329	565	502	1008	1440	1944	2421	1775	962
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:09PM 1.34					2:05AM 1.12				2:08PM 1.48				2:38AM 1.56				2:45PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		6:36AM 0.88				7:51PM 0.76				8:00AM 0.70					8:30PM 0.52				8:38AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	4
Temp. °C	24	25	27	27	27	26	25	24	24	25	26	26	26	24	24	24	25	25	22	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	24	25	27	27	27	26	25	24	24	25	26	26	26	24	24	24	25	25	22	21	18	20
Sunrise	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.5 E	1.5 NE	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	14	7	13	8	8	12	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	7	11	10	13	8	8	14	14	13	12	12	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.3 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	6	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	8	4	5	6	-	8	14	9	9	9	8

	Thursday 12																					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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 SSW	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 S	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	6	8	12	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	11	8
Energy(?)	413	368	397	490	528	292	263	335	223	146	101	187	272	259	146	234	406	232	295	299	79	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												1:09PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)					6:36AM 0.88													7:51PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	24	25	24	25	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	25	26	26	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	23	24	25	24	25	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	25	26	26	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	6	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 N	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 E	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	12	6	-	-	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	-	6	6	-	-