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.

KwaZulu Natal North Coast Photos

KwaZulu Natal North Coast Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand 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	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North
Rating	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	1.0 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	4.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	15	15	9	8	13	12	8	9	5	8	9	8	8	8	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	243	446	216	194	198	186	150	159	78	110	112	56	51	78	96	903	755	929	1210	966	4918	3243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		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		5:02AM 1.64	5:27PM 1.65		5:35AM 1.59	6:03PM 1.56		6:09AM 1.53	6:43PM 1.51		6:49AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10AM 0.26		9:19PM 0.29	9:41AM 0.23		9:53PM 0.28	10:11AM 0.25		10:22PM 0.29	10:43AM 0.23		10:56PM 0.31	11:15AM 0.25		11:28PM 0.37	11:49AM 0.30		12:05AM 0.44	12:26PM 0.35		12:46AM 0.52	1:07PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	11	1	6	3	-
High °C	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	23	20	23	24	22	20	21	20	17	17	17	18	17	16	18
Low °C	20	21	19	20	21	19	19	21	17	17	23	20	19	20	17	16	17	15	15	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	23	20	23	24	22	20	21	20	16	16	16	18	16	14	18
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	2.4 S	2.1 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	6	15	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	15	8	14	13	13	8	9	9	8	7	7	5	11	5	7	13	-	7	8	8	20	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	-	1.0 S	-	0.5 NE	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	4.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	-	6	-	3	10	10	11	6	5	10	10

	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	9	9	9	8	8	13	12	8	12	15	15	8	14	9	16
Energy	240	420	243	235	446	219	312	216	231	203	194	166	198	135	117	186	219	320	150	181	159	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	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)					3:19PM 1.67				3:30AM 1.76				3:50PM 1.70				4:01AM 1.74				4:22PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10AM 0.26				9:19PM 0.29				9:41AM 0.23				9:52PM 0.29				10:11AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	21	21	21	19	21	19	17	18	21	23	21	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	21	21	21	19	21	19	17	18	21	23	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	15	6	6	6	15	9	14	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	8	14	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	15	15	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	5

	Saturday 30	Sun
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
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	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	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1
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	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	250	243	240	240	308	420	422	411	243	243	235	235	235	461	446	446	220	219	231	312	312	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)														3:19PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)								9:10AM 0.26												9:19PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	9	9	7	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 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	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	14	14	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-