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

	Fri		Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	1.3 S	1.4 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	17	15	15	15	9	8	13	12	9	9	15	5	13	8	6	7	7	10	8	11	11	11
Energy	321	225	243	446	243	172	160	135	118	126	126	138	105	38	200	223	519	1304	832	2530	2245	2306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:47PM 1.63	2:58AM 1.69		3:19PM 1.67	3:30AM 1.76		3:50PM 1.70	4:01AM 1.85		4:22PM 1.70	4:31AM 1.69		4:54PM 1.68		5:04AM 1.71	5:27PM 1.65		5:34AM 1.57	6:01PM 1.80		6:12AM 1.64	6:42PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		8:45PM 0.33	9:10AM 0.26		9:19PM 0.29	9:41AM 0.23		9:53PM 0.28	10:11AM 0.25		10:22PM 0.29	10:43AM 0.23		10:56PM 0.31	11:16AM 0.26		11:28PM 0.37	11:49AM 0.29		12:04AM 0.44	12:26PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	42	17	3	34	21	26
High °C	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	21	22	24	20	25	27	22	20	19	16	14	18	13	15	16
Low °C	22	19	20	21	19	20	20	19	19	21	18	18	24	20	19	19	13	14	16	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	21	22	24	20	25	27	22	20	19	15	12	17	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	17	15	6	15	9	8	8	8	9	9	5	8	8	5	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	15	8	14	13	13	8	8	7	9	5	13	8	12	12	16	-	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	4	6	7	7	10	8	11	11	11

	Friday 29					Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Mon
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Blythedale 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	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	9	9	8	8	8	13	7	12	12
Energy	214	335	321	283	195	225	240	416	243	235	446	233	327	243	232	203	172	164	160	125	126	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:47PM 1.63				2:59AM 1.74				3:19PM 1.67				3:30AM 1.76				3:50PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 0.32				8:45PM 0.33				9:10AM 0.26				9:19PM 0.29				9:41AM 0.23				9:51PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	21	20	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	22	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	20	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	22	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	6	6	6	15	7	14	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	8	14	9	14	13	13	13	9	13	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-

	Friday 29															Saturday 30
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Cape Vidal KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Mapelane 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	Salmon Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	17	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	218	347	214	273	248	335	331	324	321	310	297	283	280	278	195	244	231	225	225	243	240	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:47PM 1.63												2:58AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 0.34												8:47PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	22	22	22	23	22	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	22	22	22	23	22	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	17	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6