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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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Bog Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	4	2	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period(s)	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	8	14	10	10
Energy	1109	1475	881	716	641	786	860	662	666	592	513	450	366	251	447	1152	505	271	222	225	336	233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:09AM 1.51	6:43PM 1.51		6:51AM 1.52	7:29PM 1.50		7:39AM 1.44		8:27PM 1.41	8:42AM 1.53		9:32PM 1.62	10:01AM 1.33		10:52PM 1.45	11:23AM 1.40		12:02AM 1.66	12:35PM 1.42		1:03AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	12:04AM 0.44	12:25PM 0.35		12:46AM 0.52	1:08PM 0.44		1:35AM 0.59	1:58PM 0.51		2:40AM 0.63		3:00PM 0.56	3:53AM 0.73		4:14PM 0.58		5:15AM 0.62	5:29PM 0.53		6:27AM 0.49	6:34PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	20	20	19	21	20	20	20	18	21	24	21	20	20	19	20	20	20	21	21	20
Low °C	16	16	19	17	17	20	18	18	19	15	18	22	20	20	20	16	17	19	17	14	21	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	20	19	21	20	20	20	18	21	24	21	20	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	0.7 NE	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	12	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	9	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	8	9	8	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	9	10	-	14	9	9	9	9	7	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	4	5	6	10	-	-	-	5	6	6

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 S	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	8	7	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1027	1011	1231	1109	1121	747	1475	845	881	1768	736	716	650	618	641	704	786	789	855	860	774	694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
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	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:03PM 1.55				6:13AM 1.75				6:43PM 1.50				6:51AM 1.52				7:30PM 1.48				7:38AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				12:04AM 0.44				12:27PM 0.37				12:46AM 0.52				1:08PM 0.46				1:35AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	20	17	19	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	17	17	19	20	20	19	18	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	17	20	17	19	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	17	17	19	20	20	19	18	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	7	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.6 E	0.8 NE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	12	12	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 NE	-	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.3 S	1.5 S	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	8	7	11	7	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04									Friday 05
	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	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Tongaat KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 NE	1.5 S	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 S	1.1 S	2.3 S	1.3 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	12	7	7	12	12	11	11
Energy	602	1179	1027	1334	1298	1011	1008	1264	1231	1234	1234	1109	1109	1253	1121	866	747	747	707	656	1475	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)					6:03PM 1.60												6:12AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)											12:05AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	19	19	20	20	17	17	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	19	18	19	19	18	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	27	19	19	20	20	17	17	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	19	18	19	19	17	21	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 NE	1.5 S	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 S	1.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	12	7	7	12	7	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 S	1.4 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 ENE	1.1 S	0.6 E	0.9 NE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	12	12	8	12	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	0.7 S	-	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	-	-	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	1.1 SSW	2.5 NNE	-	2.3 NE	2.1 NNE	0.5 W	2.1 NNE	2.3 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	4	-	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	12	8	-	7	7	3	7	11	5