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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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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	5	3	9	5	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	13	16	14	9	4	8	8	8	9	6	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Energy	213	231	240	132	69	77	98	50	88	153	184	384	1019	1450	3538	3179	11343	3651	1803	1389	1453	1006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:50PM 1.70	4:00AM 1.67		4:22PM 1.70	4:31AM 1.69		4:53PM 1.59		5:04AM 1.71	5:27PM 1.65		5:36AM 1.66	6:03PM 1.58		6:10AM 1.56	6:43PM 1.51		6:52AM 1.56	7:30PM 1.47		7:39AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		9:49PM 0.27	10:12AM 0.23		10:22PM 0.29	10:43AM 0.23		10:56PM 0.31	11:16AM 0.26		11:28PM 0.37	11:50AM 0.31		12:04AM 0.44	12:26PM 0.36		12:45AM 0.51	1:08PM 0.46		1:36AM 0.59	1:58PM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	4	19	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	20	23	19	23	24	21	22	22	20	20	20	17	19	19	18	20	21	17	18	21
Low °C	21	17	18	21	17	17	22	19	21	21	17	18	19	16	17	19	14	19	19	14	15	20
Chill °C (?)	21	19	20	23	19	23	24	21	22	22	20	20	20	17	19	19	18	20	21	17	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	1.0 S	0.5 ESE	2.4 S	2.2 S	0.6 E	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	9	6	8	12	8	11	12	9	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 E	-	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	16	9	9	7	7	7	5	8	8	11	8	6	8	8	-	9	9	9	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNE	1.5 SSW	2.0 S	-	3.0 S	3.5 S	5.0 S	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	4	4	5	-	4	-	3	6	11	-	12	12	12	-	-	7	7	5

	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.9 NNE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	8	8	13	8	8	16	8	15	14	14	9	16	9	4	7	9	8	14	8	9	9	8
Energy	194	169	213	140	102	231	205	300	240	160	132	227	107	69	52	93	77	95	98	61	61	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	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)			3:50PM 1.70				4:01AM 1.85				4:22PM 1.70				4:31AM 1.69				4:53PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 0.23				9:50PM 0.28				10:12AM 0.23				10:24PM 0.30				10:43AM 0.23				10:57PM 0.33
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	20	18	17	19	19	20	23	21	19	21	17	17	18	23	25	22	22	22	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	18	17	19	19	20	23	21	19	21	17	17	18	23	25	22	22	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	9	8	8	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	12	16	8	15	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	7	7	7	4	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.2 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	4	2	4	5	5	4	4	5	-	4	-

	Sunday 31															Monday 01
	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	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	12	8	8	8	8	12	16	16	15	15	8	8
Energy	202	197	194	199	199	169	166	174	213	217	135	140	153	102	102	185	228	231	238	231	205	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:50PM 1.70													4:01AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		9:41AM 0.23												9:50PM 0.28
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	21	17	17	17	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	21	17	17	17	17	19	19
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	12	12	8	16	16	15	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	4	3	-	-

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