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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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	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	3.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	15	15	13	14	8	14	12	12	11	12	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	11
Energy	670	1206	1020	457	6	4966	1564	1045	526	671	2775	1881	915	1026	817	386	404	330	747	804	545	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:33PM 1.29		12:59AM 1.53	1:23PM 1.55		1:41AM 1.68		2:05PM 1.54	2:22AM 1.94		2:45PM 1.64	3:03AM 2.01		3:25PM 1.71	3:42AM 2.08		4:04PM 1.84	4:21AM 2.22		4:49PM 1.92		5:05AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		6:32PM 0.45		7:17AM 0.42	7:24PM 0.45		7:59AM 0.23		8:08PM 0.33	8:37AM 0.14		8:46PM 0.10	9:17AM 0.18		9:27PM 0.04	9:57AM 0.15		10:07PM 0.02	10:37AM 0.17		10:50PM 0.08	11:19AM 0.24
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
High °C	26	28	24	25	25	20	18	19	19	23	21	21	20	21	22	21	24	22	23	22	22	20
Low °C	20	26	21	21	23	18	17	18	18	20	20	20	18	20	19	18	22	20	20	21	21	19
Chill °C (?)	26	28	24	25	25	20	18	19	19	23	21	21	20	21	22	21	24	22	23	22	22	20
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	13	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	9	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.8 E	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	7	17	12	8	8	8	8	16	5	-	6	6	8	8	8	15	8	7	-	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.9 NNE	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	4	8	8	8	-

	Mon	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s)	14	12	13	12	15	17	15	17	15	13	15	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	13	13	12	12
Energy	591	282	365	223	670	536	1206	1183	564	1020	1173	566	834	489	517	2465	5915	4389	1798	1266	1564	1234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 1.37				12:32PM 1.46				12:59AM 1.53				1:23PM 1.55				1:41AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				6:28AM 0.59				6:37PM 0.53				7:17AM 0.42				7:20PM 0.32				7:58AM 0.38
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	19	26	26	26	26	22	21	21	21	26	25	24	20	19	18	18	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	26	26	26	26	22	21	21	21	26	25	24	20	18	18	18	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	3.0 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	14	8	13	12	15	17	15	17	15	13	15	13	13	14	13	14	8	15	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.2 SSE	0.7 NE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	12	7	7	7	12	7	9	6	17	6	16	6	8	16	8	-	8	8	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	8	15	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	15	16	7	17	15	15	15
Energy	451	551	832	734	282	137	278	604	365	223	296	223	317	184	176	888	1095	45	563	462	1206	1094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					12:09AM 1.37												12:33PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)											6:28AM 0.54
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	19	18	18	19	21	18	18	19	19	22	24	26	27	28	26	26	26	26	25
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	18	18	19	21	18	18	19	19	22	24	26	27	28	26	26	26	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	6	7	12	13	7	7	12	7	12	12	15	16	17	17	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	5	8	8	12	13	12	7	7	13	13	7	14	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	8	-	-	7	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7

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