KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf

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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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	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand 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
Rating	4	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.8 NE	0.8 S	1.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	6	11	10	9	6	6	6	6	13	13	12	11	13	12	11	5	6	5	6
Energy(?)	535	537	284	479	251	517	114	189	65	81	38	314	186	54	73	103	148	71	94	61	140	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:09PM 1.98	3:34AM 1.92		3:49PM 2.04	4:11AM 2.14		4:31PM 1.99		5:01AM 1.90	5:13PM 1.90		5:43AM 1.66	5:54PM 1.71		6:32AM 1.74	6:41PM 1.64		7:23AM 1.64	7:31PM 1.51		8:21AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25PM 0.20	9:38AM 0.26		10:00PM 0.05	10:18AM 0.06		10:48PM 0.21	11:06AM 0.36		11:30PM 0.28	11:48AM 0.26		12:06AM 0.21	12:39PM 0.59		12:50AM 0.35	1:32PM 0.71		1:40AM 0.46		2:37PM 0.81
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	4	4	-	-
High °C	23	21	26	30	24	23	23	22	20	21	22	25	26	23	26	26	24	21	21	21	23	23
Low °C	23	19	22	27	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	22	25	21	24	25	21	21	21	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	23	21	26	30	24	23	23	22	20	21	22	25	26	23	26	26	24	21	21	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:48	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	7	9	9	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	11	5	6	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	7	-	-	-	7	7	6	9	9	8	13	13	5	11	13	12	7	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.4 S	0.6 ESE	-	1.0 ENE	1.7 E
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	6	10	6	6	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	2	6	5	-	5	6

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	0.8 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.8 S	1.4 S	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	6
Energy(?)	604	1115	1131	1056	1046	1033	459	344	364	374	401	607	580	226	743	563	195	377	113	337	269	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	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)			3:07PM 2.04				3:34AM 1.92				3:49PM 2.04				4:17AM 1.94				4:31PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	8:52AM 0.10				9:19PM 0.09				9:38AM 0.26				10:03PM 0.03				10:19AM 0.07				10:48PM 0.21
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	22	21	19	22	26	27	25	23	23	22	23	22	24	23	22	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	22	21	19	22	26	27	25	23	23	22	23	22	24	23	22	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	7	10	7	7	7	9	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	11	10	11	10	8	10	10	-	7	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	1.9 NE	1.6 NNE	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.5 SW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	-	7	7	10	10	5	10	6	10	6	-

	Thursday 04															Friday 05
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	534	680	751	751	387	396	1131	1131	1134	1102	1087	1224	974	1155	872	713	986	537	638	767	459	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								3:07PM 2.04												3:32AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	8:52AM 0.10													9:22PM 0.06
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	19	23	23	20	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	20	22	19	19	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	23	23	20	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	20	22	19	19	20	19	19
Sunrise	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5

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