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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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	Tue	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20
	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	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	10	12	11	11
Energy(?)	186	185	507	237	228	1696	640	575	513	1105	364	465	493	449	1517	894	462	434	268	363	242	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 1.34	1:22PM 1.24		2:01AM 1.26		2:14PM 1.40	2:41AM 1.61		2:55PM 1.74	3:17AM 1.66		3:23PM 1.77	3:50AM 1.55		3:58PM 1.79	4:19AM 1.79		4:28PM 2.07	4:48AM 2.10		4:55PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52AM 0.69	7:50PM 0.78		7:57AM 0.61		8:31PM 0.59	8:43AM 0.55		9:07PM 0.54	9:17AM 0.58		9:38PM 0.24	9:49AM 0.29		10:08PM 0.16	10:21AM 0.22		10:37PM 0.12	10:51AM 0.18		11:05PM 0.04
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	1	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	22	23	28	25	27	26	23	25	25	24	25	25	24	27	22	21	22	23	22	23	23	22
Low °C	22	22	27	24	24	24	23	24	25	22	23	25	22	26	21	20	21	22	19	21	23	21
Chill °C (?)	22	23	28	25	27	26	23	25	25	24	25	25	24	27	22	21	22	23	22	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	12	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	18	15	13	12	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	10	10	-	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	1.8 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NE	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.7 S	-	-	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	4	4	8	5	6	8	8	7	7	10	-	-	5	5	8	8	8	-	-	7	6	-

	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 16
	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	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Ponta do Ouro Inhambane	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.7 SW	1.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	255	205	201	817	834	601	185	200	233	1554	1206	878	1746	345	262	395	273	240	269	842	723	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:58AM 1.14				1:22PM 1.47				1:56AM 1.39	2:02AM 1.20				2:16PM 1.48				2:44AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40PM 0.69				6:53AM 0.72				7:50PM 0.78				7:59AM 0.63					8:31PM 0.59
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	24	23	23	25	23	25	23	27	25	24	24	26	29	25	25	25	24	23	22	24
Chill °C (?)	23	24	24	23	23	25	23	25	23	27	25	24	24	26	29	25	25	25	24	23	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09
Sunset	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	16	13	6	13	13	12	13	12	12	-	-	-	10	11	11	11	6	10	10	6	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 NE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NE	1.4 NNE	0.3 SW	0.5 NNE	-	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	8	8	7	4	4	3	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	4	4	-	7	7	7

	Tuesday 13									Wednesday 14
	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	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Ponta do Ouro Inhambane	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	12	12	12
Energy(?)	256	304	252	373	328	324	243	200	213	282	323	329	304	370	123	329	335	181	185	145	104	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											12:47AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)					6:38PM 0.72												6:56AM 0.76
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	26	26	26	25	25	22	22	22	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	26	26	27
Chill °C (?)	24	26	26	26	25	25	22	22	22	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	26	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	6	6	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NNE	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	6	5	5	8	8	8

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