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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	Thu		Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			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	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand 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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 S	1.3 S	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 S	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.9 ENE	0.6 S	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	17	16	14	8	8	12	6	8	9	11	9	9	6	12	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5
Energy(?)	964	978	634	1193	392	269	342	113	462	841	226	227	373	144	428	177	290	320	185	90	120	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:02PM 1.25	12:02PM 1.48		12:23AM 1.40	12:52PM 1.56		1:10AM 1.58	1:33PM 1.85		1:50AM 1.75		2:09PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.76		2:47PM 2.18	3:06AM 1.98		3:23PM 2.14	3:42AM 1.99		4:00PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	5:09PM 0.94		5:19AM 0.80	6:28PM 0.77		6:28AM 0.56	7:12PM 0.58		7:13AM 0.46	7:49PM 0.40		7:50AM 0.19		8:23PM 0.10	8:30AM 0.06		9:01PM 0.14	9:10AM 0.12		9:35PM -0.06	9:48AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	22	20	27	30	26	22	22	20	21	19	19	23	22	21	26	25	22	22	22	21	20	19
Low °C	21	18	21	28	21	22	21	19	21	19	19	20	22	19	21	24	20	20	21	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	22	20	27	30	26	22	22	20	21	19	19	23	22	21	26	25	22	22	22	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 S	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	17	16	14	13	8	8	8	8	9	11	9	9	12	12	6	7	7	8	8	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	8	12	-	12	12	11	16	10	10	10	8	11	9	11	11	15	14	12	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	-	0.3 NE	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	6	8	3	5	6	6	6	-	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	-	-	-

	Thursday 30					Friday 31								Saturday 01								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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	2.3 NE	1.1 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	7	8	8	8	13	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8
Energy(?)	317	671	1106	1167	1101	1412	673	592	634	918	1030	2517	1164	790	280	495	390	385	366	379	299	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.33									12:02PM 1.48				12:21AM 1.30				12:53PM 1.67				1:10AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				5:09PM 0.94				5:19AM 0.80				6:16PM 0.62				6:29AM 0.60				7:07PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	20	20	21	20	20	20	18	21	27	27	25	25	25	24	22	23	22	22	22	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	20	20	20	17	21	27	27	25	25	25	24	22	23	22	22	22	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	2.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	-	-	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.9 E	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 NE	2.3 NE	1.1 SSW	-	-	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	4	8	-	5	4	8	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	13	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Thursday 30															Friday 31
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) 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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.2 NE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	5	15
Energy(?)	256	321	321	321	566	595	782	942	1106	1077	1240	1212	1540	1530	1471	1891	1000	978	1565	1383	95	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:26AM 1.33												10:57PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)										5:09PM 0.94												5:19AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	20	22	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	19	19	20	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	20	22	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	18	18	20	19	17	18
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	13	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	8	8	-	-	-	5	5	8	8	-	-	5	5	-	-	5	5