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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Senoritas KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 NE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.6 E	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	15	15	15	9	13	13	8	9	9	5	8	9	12	12	8	8	10	11	11	12	11	12
Energy	225	243	446	216	251	211	149	125	133	74	116	104	64	56	46	49	2229	2416	5619	2483	2666	3253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:58AM 1.69		3:19PM 1.67	3:30AM 1.76		3:50PM 1.70	4:01AM 1.85		4:22PM 1.70	4:31AM 1.69		4:54PM 1.61		5:04AM 1.71	5:27PM 1.65		5:35AM 1.59	6:03PM 1.60		6:10AM 1.56	6:43PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	8:45PM 0.33	9:10AM 0.26		9:19PM 0.29	9:41AM 0.25		9:53PM 0.28	10:11AM 0.25		10:22PM 0.29	10:43AM 0.23		10:56PM 0.31	11:16AM 0.26		11:29PM 0.37	11:49AM 0.30		12:05AM 0.45	12:26PM 0.36		12:45AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	14	9	23	41	13	20	14
High °C	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	23	19	23	24	22	21	20	18	12	13	13	12	13	14
Low °C	20	20	21	19	20	21	19	19	21	17	17	23	21	20	19	13	11	13	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	23	19	23	24	22	21	20	18	10	11	11	9	12	13
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	15	6	15	9	8	8	8	8	9	5	8	9	5	8	4	8	8	8	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.1 NE	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	15	8	14	13	13	8	9	7	9	14	7	8	12	8	5	-	8	-	-	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	-	4	-	5	10	11	11	-	-	6

	Friday 29			Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Blythedale 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	Blythedale KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	9	9	8	13	8	13	7	8	8	9	15
Energy	321	283	195	225	240	416	243	235	446	232	312	216	200	201	251	166	211	124	110	149	106	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:47PM 1.63				2:59AM 1.74				3:19PM 1.67				3:30AM 1.76				3:50PM 1.70				4:01AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			8:45PM 0.33				9:10AM 0.26				9:19PM 0.29				9:41AM 0.25				9:52PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	21	19	21	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	22	22	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	21	19	21	20	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	17	16	15	15	15	6	6	6	15	7	14	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	8	14	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Friday 29									Saturday 30
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Umdloti KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Blythedale 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	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	331	324	321	310	297	283	280	202	195	266	231	225	225	243	240	240	308	416	416	407	243	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:47PM 1.63												2:58AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)							8:47PM 0.33													9:10AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-