KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf

KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf Forecast

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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	Mon	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	4	1	0	3	2	2	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	2.3 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	8	8	11	10	12	12	14	9	9	11	10	14	13
Energy	360	252	359	215	140	166	175	243	276	222	126	60	1141	708	521	668	2199	670	626	232	386	851
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:36PM 1.45	10:01AM 1.33		10:52PM 1.49	11:24AM 1.36		11:59PM 1.74	12:34PM 1.36		1:02AM 1.63	1:32PM 1.55		1:56AM 1.74		2:24PM 1.67	2:45AM 1.80		3:12PM 1.73	3:33AM 1.91		3:58PM 1.84	4:17AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	3:56AM 0.66		4:14PM 0.58		5:17AM 0.60	5:29PM 0.53		6:27AM 0.46	6:33PM 0.42		7:24AM 0.38	7:34PM 0.33		8:14AM 0.24		8:25PM 0.22	9:01AM 0.16		9:16PM 0.15	9:43AM 0.14		10:03PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	21	22	21	20	21	21	23	25	22	23	23	20	21	23	19	19	20	20	22	24	21
Low °C	19	19	21	18	18	21	19	17	24	18	19	22	18	18	21	18	18	20	19	19	21	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	21	20	21	21	23	25	22	23	23	20	21	23	18	18	20	20	22	24	21
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.3 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.0 ENE	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	8	8	8	10	12	12	6	9	9	11	10	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	8	14	14	5	6	6	6	6	11	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	9	14	9	16	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NNE	1.0 NE	1.1 ENE	-	-	1.3 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.9 NE	1.2 SSW	3.0 S	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	-	5	3	5	9	-	-	5	-	7	4	14	9	-	-	-	4	13

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Salt Rock KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	13
Energy	421	360	365	360	294	287	252	213	359	206	220	215	189	226	140	137	166	134	122	175	286	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			9:37PM 1.41				10:01AM 1.33				10:52PM 1.49					11:24AM 1.36				11:59PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	2:59PM 0.53				3:56AM 0.66				4:14PM 0.58					5:15AM 0.65				5:28PM 0.53				6:27AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	19	20	19	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	19	20	21	21	19	21	20	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	20	19	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	19	20	21	21	19	21	20	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46
Sunset	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 NE	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	4	3	3	5	5

	Monday 08									Tuesday 09
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	446	434	421	413	413	360	360	372	365	363	378	360	360	300	294	294	293	287	246	258	252	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								9:32PM 1.62													10:01AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	3:00PM 0.56													3:56AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4