KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf

KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf Forecast

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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KwaZulu Natal North Coast Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North
Rating	3	1	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 E
Period(s)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	9	9	8	12	5	8	11	11	5	9
Energy	665	744	809	711	707	728	364	413	297	560	322	301	210	180	208	249	213	246	106	93	71	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:30PM 1.47		7:39AM 1.44		8:27PM 1.41	8:42AM 1.34		9:32PM 1.62	10:01AM 1.28		10:52PM 1.49	11:24AM 1.36		11:59PM 1.74	12:34PM 1.44		1:02AM 1.63	1:32PM 1.55		1:56AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	1:08PM 0.44		1:36AM 0.59	1:58PM 0.51		2:40AM 0.63		3:00PM 0.56	3:53AM 0.73		4:12PM 0.55		5:17AM 0.60	5:29PM 0.53		6:26AM 0.50	6:36PM 0.44		7:24AM 0.38	7:34PM 0.33		8:15AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	20	21	18	21	24	22	20	20	21	20	22	21	21	25	21	21	22	19	23
Low °C	17	20	15	17	20	15	15	22	18	18	20	18	18	20	18	16	22	18	17	21	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	20	21	18	21	24	22	20	20	21	20	22	21	21	25	21	21	22	19	23
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	1.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	6	8	12	9	8	7	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	14	14	13	9	9	7	8	12	12	8	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.3 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	4	5	5	5	8	8	7	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	3	5	-

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	3	3	3	1	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	616	660	665	828	744	1039	1096	809	812	776	711	698	707	556	621	728	520	517	364	507	413	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.52				7:30PM 1.42				7:38AM 1.39					8:23PM 1.64				8:42AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				1:08PM 0.43				1:36AM 0.59				1:58PM 0.53					2:40AM 0.64				3:00PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	20	20	20	18	20	16	15	16	20	21	20	19	20	15	15	15	21	24	22	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	20	20	20	18	20	16	15	16	20	21	20	19	20	14	15	15	21	24	22	20
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	5	9	10	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	-	1.2 NNE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	4	5	5	5	4	5	-

	Saturday 06	Sun
	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	Alkantstrand 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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	3	3	3	1	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	624	609	616	664	672	660	695	639	665	744	708	828	875	857	744	744	1050	1039	974	1048	1096	1095
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					6:51AM 1.52													7:30PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)												1:08PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-