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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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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Ponta do Ouro Inhambane	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	3	4	2	0	3	2	1	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 E	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	17	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	7	8	6	-	11	9	7	14	12	15	15	8	7
Energy(?)	1175	1055	1808	1513	1731	678	379	326	206	390	687	313	0	441	645	295	419	438	205	468	226	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 1.83		6:56AM 1.68	7:03PM 1.73		7:35AM 1.59	7:45PM 1.60		8:20AM 1.57		8:42PM 1.22	9:41AM 1.51		10:26PM 1.34	11:40AM 1.47		12:42AM 1.16	1:21PM 1.35		2:04AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 0.23		12:37AM 0.17	1:05PM 0.30		1:14AM 0.43	1:48PM 0.41		1:55AM 0.45		2:38PM 0.58	2:54AM 0.52		4:16PM 0.86	4:48AM 0.84		6:20PM 0.63		6:46AM 0.59	7:50PM 0.67		8:10AM 0.65
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	23	24	25	23	26	27	25	28	28	25	27	26	24	25	25	24	25	26	25	26
Low °C	24	24	22	23	24	23	24	26	24	25	28	23	27	26	23	23	25	23	23	26	23	24
Chill °C (?)	25	25	23	24	25	23	26	27	25	28	28	25	27	26	24	25	25	24	25	26	25	26
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 S	1.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	17	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	15	15	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	5	9	8	8	11	10	10	-	11	11	14	8	12	6	7	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	-	0.6 E	-	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 E	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	4	-	6	4	5	7	8	6	6	7	9	7	-	-	8	6	-	7

	Thu	Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	7	17	17	16	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	116	301	204	668	760	963	2906	1232	915	1541	1780	2565	1513	1291	1243	972	1467	1051	939	433	379	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:22AM 1.74				6:27PM 1.83				6:56AM 1.70				7:03PM 1.73				7:37AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		12:05AM 0.08				12:28PM 0.43				12:37AM 0.14				1:05PM 0.52				1:12AM 0.24				1:47PM 0.63
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	23	24	25	25	24	23	24	23	22	23	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	24	26	27
Chill °C (?)	25	23	23	24	25	25	24	23	24	23	22	23	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	24	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	5	12	17	17	16	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.2 SE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	5	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.2 NNW	-	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	6	-	7	7	7	10	7	8	6	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	5	5	5	6	6

	Thursday 22			Friday 23
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	12	8	8	6	7	12	12	8	7	7	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	141	282	193	111	367	332	630	648	204	214	1030	938	515	794	760	765	1488	1466	2140	1080	1212	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:20AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)					12:05AM 0.25												12:28PM 0.22
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	24	25	24	25	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24
Chill °C (?)	27	24	25	24	25	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	6	16	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	-	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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