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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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Sodwana KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	0	0	2	3	0	2	3	0	2	4	3	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ESE	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.5 E	1.8 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	7	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	17	15	14	12	6	7	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	110	728	494	338	476	282	424	565	600	430	416	1340	586	356	363	426	338	1537	873	1152	543	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:17PM 1.73	2:43AM 1.60		2:57PM 1.68	3:18AM 1.68		3:26PM 1.82	3:52AM 1.73		4:01PM 1.61	4:25AM 1.77		4:31PM 1.83	4:58AM 1.80		5:03PM 1.63		5:29AM 1.72	5:36PM 1.76		6:07AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	8:02AM 0.62		8:39PM 0.52	8:44AM 0.39		9:09PM 0.32	9:20AM 0.34		9:44PM 0.40	9:51AM 0.28		10:15PM 0.37	10:25AM 0.47		10:46PM 0.35	11:00AM 0.48		11:15PM 0.17	11:29AM 0.30		11:50PM 0.38	12:12PM 0.55
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	10	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	5	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	31	24	21	21	20	20	23	23	22	23	24	23	22	23	23	24	24	23	26	26	24	24
Low °C	28	21	20	20	20	20	22	23	20	22	23	22	21	23	22	23	24	20	23	25	23	23
Chill °C (?)	31	24	21	21	20	20	23	23	22	23	24	23	22	23	23	24	24	23	26	26	24	24
Sunrise	4:48	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 ESE	2.1 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.8 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	10	11	11	12	9	9	9	17	15	14	12	12	7	8	12	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 E	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	15	14	9	9	5	13	8	12	11	10	8	9	9	9	15	12	13	11	14	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	-	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 ENE	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.5 E	0.8 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	5	7	8	-	6	7	9	6	-	-	-	8	5	6	6	6	-	8	8	8	4	7

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.4 NE	2.1 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 E	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1467	1113	802	506	481	288	206	651	596	465	355	752	338	282	322	305	443	642	286	345	662	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:06AM 1.52				2:22PM 1.76				2:46AM 1.41				2:53PM 1.78				3:19AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	8:03PM 0.61				8:08AM 0.47				8:39PM 0.52				8:40AM 0.56				9:09PM 0.28				9:16AM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	25	29	28	28	29	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	29	28	28	29	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	11	11	9	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	13	13	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	7	11	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.4 NE	2.1 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 SW	1.7 ENE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	3	6	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	-	-	6	7	6	6	9	5

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	2.4 NE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.7 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	12	11	8	8	4	4	4	6	7	7	5	7	8
Energy(?)	745	1337	582	347	316	245	196	1088	349	53	51	253	284	72	47	47	397	558	196	265	663	673
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							2:07AM 1.63												2:22PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	8:03PM 0.61												8:02AM 0.62
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
High °C	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	26	25	25	25	26	27	28	27	26	25	24	24	24	21	21
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	26	25	25	25	26	27	28	27	26	25	24	24	24	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	2.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	12	15	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	-	-	15	15	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	2.4 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	5	4	8	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	4	6	7	5	5	7	8

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