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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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	Wed	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	2	2	0	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.4 NE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	13	12	12	11	7	11	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	6	10	16	14	5	5	6
Energy	367	349	517	671	340	501	270	327	202	207	167	164	186	140	165	297	149	215	204	61	88	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:31AM 1.71	7:09PM 1.59		7:27AM 1.44		8:20PM 1.42	8:38AM 1.33		9:47PM 1.36	10:12AM 1.27		11:13PM 1.51	11:42AM 1.30		12:21AM 1.45	12:46PM 1.39		1:12AM 1.66	1:34PM 1.48		1:50AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	12:22AM 0.35	12:44PM 0.36		1:20AM 0.51	1:43PM 0.47		2:33AM 0.64		2:56PM 0.60	4:09AM 0.70		4:26PM 0.62		5:37AM 0.68	5:47PM 0.59		6:42AM 0.59	6:45PM 0.52		7:28AM 0.49	7:33PM 0.45
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	23	20	24	24	21	22	23	22	22	22	22	23	25	21	23	24	23	22	23	20
Low °C	19	20	22	17	17	23	19	19	23	19	20	21	21	20	22	18	19	21	20	21	22	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	23	20	24	24	21	22	23	22	22	22	22	23	25	21	23	24	23	22	23	20
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	12	7	7	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	6	10	6	14	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	12	11	11	10	10	13	5	12	11	9	9	10	7	9	9	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.6 NE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	7	7	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	2	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	-

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	7	7	7	11	11
Energy	388	375	259	367	214	341	349	311	517	664	581	671	724	690	340	357	501	535	312	270	479	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:15PM 1.72				6:32AM 1.55				7:09PM 1.59				7:27AM 1.39					8:20PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				12:22AM 0.35				12:46PM 0.34				1:20AM 0.51				1:43PM 0.47					2:30AM 0.66
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	19	20	17	18	20	23	22	21	22	17	17	18	24	27	23	21	21	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	20	17	18	20	23	22	21	22	17	17	18	24	27	23	21	21	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	7	7	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	7	13	13	12	7	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	0.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 NNE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	3	6	6	6	7	5	7	7	-	3	6	3

	Wednesday 20									Thursday 21
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 E	1.1 S	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period(s)	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Energy	439	388	388	388	377	375	406	263	259	369	249	367	221	220	214	210	328	341	324	349	349	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)					6:15PM 1.72												6:31AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)											12:23AM 0.35
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	19	19	20	19	20	18	18	17	17	20	18	20	20	20	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	19	19	20	19	20	18	18	17	17	20	18	20	20	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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