KwaZulu Natal North Coast Surf

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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	Wed	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Kosi Bay KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	5	0	4	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	2.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	13	11	14	16	16	14	12	13	12	11	12	14	8	12	12
Energy(?)	304	200	175	272	317	313	254	257	313	1062	2090	3172	973	455	1591	376	450	460	884	574	232	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:40AM 1.67		3:06PM 1.58	3:17AM 1.61		3:40PM 1.96	3:50AM 2.07		4:08PM 1.99	4:17AM 1.84		4:38PM 2.00	4:45AM 1.75		5:03PM 2.03		5:12AM 1.90	5:30PM 1.80		5:36AM 1.66	5:54PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35PM 0.57	8:52AM 0.42		9:12PM 0.28	9:25AM 0.15		9:43PM 0.20	9:56AM 0.21		10:13PM 0.12	10:24AM 0.00		10:43PM 0.10	10:49AM 0.01		11:12PM 0.24	11:16AM 0.21		11:35PM 0.15	11:40AM 0.11		12:00AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	20	20	20	22	19	20	22	18	18	20	18	20	21	19	18	21	17	24	29	23
Low °C	18	19	20	18	18	20	17	17	21	17	18	20	17	17	19	16	17	20	15	17	27	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	20	20	20	22	19	20	22	18	18	20	18	20	21	18	18	21	16	24	29	23
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.6 ENE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 ENE	0.9 S	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	12	12	12	13	11	14	16	16	14	12	6	7	11	12	6	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	1.1 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	5	10	12	9	9	14	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	-	0.5 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	2.1 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	2.0 NE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	13	-	5	5	6	8	3	4

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13
Energy(?)	319	291	350	307	225	319	252	277	292	321	255	243	732	591	317	213	179	255	237	226	339	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:27PM 1.62				2:41AM 1.50				3:06PM 1.78				3:17AM 1.61				3:39PM 1.91				3:49AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			8:33PM 0.41				8:49AM 0.37				9:11PM 0.29				9:26AM 0.30				9:45PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	17	17	17	25	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	17	17	17	25	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 S	0.9 E	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	12	12	12	12	9	12	11	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	5	9	8	6	9	6	14	14	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NNE	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	4	5	5	4	-	6	7	7	6	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20									Thursday 21
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	9	9
Energy(?)	332	321	425	425	452	428	381	294	239	81	336	329	307	225	261	255	274	26	25	365	324	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:27PM 1.62												2:41AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)							8:30PM 0.49												8:52AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	18	17	16	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	18	17	16	18	16	17	17	17	17	16	19	20	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	8	6	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	2	5	5	4	6	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	-	5	5	8	3	3	6	6	6