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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	Sat	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sodwana KZN North
Rating	0	4	3	3	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	10	10	9	9	5	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	19	17	18	14	7	6	7
Energy(?)	462	534	612	771	315	310	135	187	137	118	99	103	44	51	148	118	604	376	470	467	662	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 1.51	1:42PM 1.54		2:01AM 1.43		2:11PM 1.82	2:32AM 1.51		2:42PM 1.65	3:01AM 1.55		3:10PM 1.78	3:28AM 1.76		3:39PM 1.84	3:56AM 1.78		4:06PM 1.68	4:25AM 1.59		4:35PM 1.83	4:53AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:24AM 0.43	7:57PM 0.40		7:56AM 0.50		8:27PM 0.27	8:29AM 0.28		8:54PM 0.20	8:58AM 0.24		9:21PM 0.17	9:29AM 0.20		9:51PM 0.32	9:55AM 0.39		10:16PM 0.16	10:25AM 0.24		10:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	16	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	19	19	20	18	19	19	21	23	19	21	22	21	22	23	21	22	23	22	25	27	23
Low °C	19	18	19	20	17	18	17	19	21	19	20	21	19	21	22	20	21	23	20	22	24	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	20	18	19	19	21	23	19	21	22	21	22	23	21	22	23	22	25	27	23
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	4	9	8	8	17	18	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	13	9	12	12	8	11	11	7	10	15	8	8	13	19	8	9	8	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	10	-	4	5	5	5	-	7	4	-	4	4	5	5	8	5	7	6	7

	Saturday 15			Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North
Rating	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	1.3 SE	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	8	7	7	7	8	9	13	10	10	10	11	11	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	7
Energy(?)	945	695	701	462	375	354	534	688	2474	917	817	695	802	795	561	252	268	240	239	209	234	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)				1:27AM 1.33				1:42PM 1.54					2:01AM 1.57				2:11PM 1.82				2:32AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27PM 0.47				7:23AM 0.58				7:59PM 0.36				8:00AM 0.36					8:27PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	5	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	18	20	19	20	18	19	18	18	17	19	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	19	18	20	19	20	18	19	18	18	16	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	13	9	9	12	9	8	8	12	8	8	12	11	11	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	13	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	4	4	4	4	6	-

	Saturday 15									Sunday 16
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North
Rating	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.4 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.6 S	1.1 SE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	8	8	10	10	10	7	10	9	9	10	10	10	7	7	9	9	8	9	7
Energy(?)	885	967	614	849	748	695	619	587	553	534	593	644	683	773	762	384	377	591	555	522	819	869
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												1:26AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)						7:25PM 0.62												7:24AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	2	2
High °C	22	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.2 SE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	10	7	7	7	7	7	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	7	7	9	9	8	9	7