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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KwaZulu Natal North Coast Wavefinder

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	Fri		Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Snake Park Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 E	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	15	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	14	9	12	12	13	14	13
Energy(?)	297	467	421	369	668	1506	981	2270	891	1320	2282	760	534	401	320	26	209	1001	733	613	466	767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	cross	on	on	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:40PM 1.69		7:52AM 1.36		8:32PM 1.39	9:13AM 1.33		9:57PM 1.43	11:46AM 1.28		12:35AM 1.39	1:34PM 1.43		1:56AM 1.46		2:26PM 1.41	2:40AM 1.67		3:06PM 1.78	3:17AM 1.79		3:39PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		1:56AM 0.62		2:08PM 0.65	2:55AM 0.63		3:16PM 0.75	4:35AM 0.86	5:11AM 0.85	6:05PM 0.87		7:11AM 0.74	7:43PM 0.73		8:12AM 0.44		8:35PM 0.57	8:52AM 0.42		9:13PM 0.43	9:26AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	21	23	21	21	22	20	22	23	21	26	20	20	20	21	18	20	20	19	20	21
Low °C	21	18	18	21	18	19	21	18	18	21	20	18	20	19	19	19	16	19	19	17	17	21
Chill °C (?)	21	20	21	23	21	21	22	20	22	23	21	26	20	20	20	21	17	20	20	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	2.0 E	0.3 SSW	2.4 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	2.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	15	14	13	12	9	11	9	10	12	9	12	9	9	9	10	9	12	12	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	17	9	9	8	-	11	19	11	15	15	13	18	11	11	6	5	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	6	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	5

	Friday 15					Saturday 16								Sunday 17								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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	201	214	673	269	532	290	329	311	421	429	607	720	730	366	1823	1125	1506	773	965	1061	1011	944
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:40PM 1.69				7:48AM 1.66					8:35PM 1.51				9:13AM 1.33				10:14PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		1:20PM 0.47				1:56AM 0.62					2:08PM 0.65				2:58AM 0.61				3:29PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	20	19	19	20	20	21	21	20	21	19	20	18	19	21	22	21	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	20	19	19	20	20	21	21	19	21	19	20	18	19	21	22	21	20	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	2.4 E
Period (s)	7	7	6	16	16	15	8	8	14	13	13	13	12	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	-	9	9	16	16	9	8	8	9	9	13	12	9	11	19	19	18	17	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	0.6 N	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	8	8	4	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Friday 15															Saturday 16
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	8	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	6	6	14
Energy(?)	201	201	554	206	405	214	243	180	428	617	432	432	266	502	777	437	444	467	465	399	394	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)												7:40PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)						1:20PM 0.47												1:56AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	16	7	9	8	7	7	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	16	17	17	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	-	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	-	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6