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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 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			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	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s)	6	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	10	13	16	14	11	11	10	9	18	18	16
Energy	568	333	303	305	275	200	194	187	208	217	206	130	180	285	161	116	86	64	56	123	246	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 1.42	8:38AM 1.33		9:42PM 1.45	10:12AM 1.27		11:13PM 1.51	11:41AM 1.34		12:18AM 1.66	12:47PM 1.36		1:12AM 1.58	1:34PM 1.48		1:52AM 1.65		2:13PM 1.56	2:26AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	1:43PM 0.46		2:33AM 0.64		2:57PM 0.58	4:03AM 0.74		4:26PM 0.62		5:35AM 0.70	5:47PM 0.59		6:44AM 0.59	6:47PM 0.53		7:28AM 0.49	7:33PM 0.45		8:05AM 0.39		8:11PM 0.39	8:39AM 0.32
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	21	21	23	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	23	25	21	22	23	21	22	23	21	23
Low °C	18	22	18	18	22	20	20	21	20	20	22	21	18	23	20	21	22	21	20	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	21	23	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	23	25	21	22	23	21	22	23	21	23
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	5	11	11	6	7	6	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	9	9	13	7	13	16	9	5	7	10	7	18	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NE	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.7 E	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	9	-	5	4	3	5	5	-	-	7	5	5

	Thu	Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.6 NE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	12	12	6	6	6	11	11	11	7	11	7	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	12
Energy	496	569	571	536	568	502	333	300	520	303	245	351	305	292	275	241	235	200	234	227	194	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:27AM 1.39					8:20PM 1.45				8:38AM 1.33				9:44PM 1.41				10:12AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		1:20AM 0.51				1:43PM 0.47					2:33AM 0.64				2:57PM 0.58				4:05AM 0.72
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	20	18	17	18	22	27	22	21	21	19	18	18	21	22	23	22	21	20	20	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	18	17	18	22	27	22	21	21	19	18	18	21	22	23	22	21	20	20	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	7	11	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.6 NE	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	3	6	6	6	6	7	-	-	7	2	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Thursday 21			Friday 22
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Energy	575	520	496	561	551	569	566	473	571	550	563	536	527	560	568	377	452	502	319	314	333	305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												7:27AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)						1:20AM 0.51												1:43PM 0.47
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	22	21	18	18	20	17	18	18	18	20	21	22	26	26	27	23	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	22	21	18	18	20	17	18	18	18	20	21	22	26	26	27	23	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	12	11	11	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	3	-	-	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-

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