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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 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Umdloti KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	2	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	0.4 E	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	10	7	7	14	14	7	16	10	13	6	16	14	14	6	10	7	7	11	15	10	10	9
Energy(?)	59	314	350	1013	831	316	178	134	83	161	408	286	202	251	38	365	361	162	191	168	488	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 1.68		6:48AM 1.40	7:10PM 1.53		7:19AM 1.36	7:41PM 1.22		8:13AM 1.21		9:14PM 1.19	12:04PM 1.18		12:57AM 1.13	1:42PM 1.39		1:53AM 1.44		2:18PM 1.56	2:28AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.33		12:53AM 0.62	12:54PM 0.49		1:23AM 0.76	1:21PM 0.80		2:07AM 0.75		2:20PM 0.77	4:54AM 0.95		6:45PM 0.98		7:20AM 0.82	7:42PM 0.69		8:07AM 0.58		8:20PM 0.54	8:32AM 0.45
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	23	22	21	23	22	21	21	21	19	20	22	20	22	25	24	21	20	18	20
Low °C	19	22	21	21	22	18	17	21	19	20	20	18	18	21	17	18	23	20	19	19	17	18
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	23	22	21	23	22	21	21	21	19	20	22	20	22	25	24	21	20	18	20
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	5:38	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	10	14	14	6	6	7	6	9	16	14	10	13	7	7	8	6	7	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	7	14	16	10	9	12	8	10	14	11	10	10	11	11	15	6	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 S	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	-	0.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	1.8 S	1.7 S	-	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	7	7	6	7	7	4	5	5	6	6	-	3	6	-	7	7	-	8	4	5	5

	Thu	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	2	3	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NE	1.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	10	6	7	7	10	10	10	8	8	8	16	16	7	7	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	11
Energy(?)	210	303	349	430	59	74	55	1107	1177	441	563	622	257	527	724	717	555	877	456	371	137	155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
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
High Tide / height (m)				6:23AM 1.54				6:40PM 1.53				6:49AM 1.57				7:10PM 1.53				7:16AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		12:27AM 0.50				12:28PM 0.50				12:53AM 0.62				12:52PM 0.64				1:18AM 0.63				1:21PM 0.80
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	20	22	22	22	22	22	20	18	19	28	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	20	22	22	22	22	22	20	18	19	28	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	14	14	7	13	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	17	16	16	18	8	8	13	7	13	13	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	-	-	7	8	8	9	5	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 28			Friday 29
	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	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	2	3	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.5 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.1 ENE	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	6	6	7	10	10	10	7	17	7	6	6	10	10	6	7
Energy(?)	162	210	210	351	69	69	74	395	398	352	102	111	82	164	146	163	259	303	111	110	187	364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)											6:24AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					12:27AM 0.50												12:30PM 0.35
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	22	22	24	22	30	24	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	22	22	24	22	30	24	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	18	9	18	18	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NNE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	6	7

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