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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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	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Mapelane KZN North	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Ponta do Ouro Inhambane	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	4	4	0	3	4	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	0.3 E	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	2.5 ENE	2.0 NE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	12	13	13	13	17	14	14	12	13	8	7	12	12	11	11	8	9	7	10	10
Energy(?)	5285	17	1205	1773	1426	1493	905	1626	1717	876	638	1698	766	668	918	710	534	474	647	283	1638	1508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:58AM 1.35	1:37PM 1.29		1:53AM 1.34		2:18PM 1.47	2:31AM 1.67		2:47PM 1.83	2:59AM 1.61		3:15PM 1.95	3:26AM 1.88		3:43PM 1.97	3:52AM 1.93		4:07PM 2.03	4:16AM 1.94		4:31PM 2.02	4:40AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:19AM 0.59	7:51PM 0.53		8:04AM 0.41		8:26PM 0.43	8:35AM 0.42		8:57PM 0.25	9:03AM 0.15		9:24PM 0.28	9:29AM 0.07		9:50PM 0.21	9:55AM 0.01		10:13PM 0.04	10:19AM 0.00		10:39PM 0.20
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	19	19	25	26	22	19	21	19	23	25	21	23	22	20	28	27	24	20	20	19
Low °C	18	17	19	17	20	22	22	19	20	18	20	23	21	22	21	18	20	24	18	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	19	25	26	22	19	21	19	23	25	21	23	22	20	28	27	24	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	2.0 E	1.1 S	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	16	12	12	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	13	8	12	8	8	11	11	11	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 S	1.0 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	17	16	17	17	17	9	9	15	11	13	11	8	12	8	12	11	10	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	1.5 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 NE	1.1 S	1.4 S	-	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	4	6	-	-	6	5	7	8	7	12	7	-	8	8	3	7	10	10

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	6	0	5	8	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15
Energy(?)	651	5929	5814	6520	4036	7988	2756	28	28	2226	2533	1412	1363	1990	1553	1466	1493	1432	1309	1785	1394	2135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:59AM 1.18				1:39PM 1.50				1:53AM 1.52					2:18PM 1.60				2:30AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 0.71				7:19AM 0.58				7:50PM 0.54					8:03AM 0.45				8:26PM 0.41
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	21	19	18	18	15	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	25	20	22	21	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	18	17	17	14	16	19	19	19	18	17	16	15	17	25	20	22	21	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.0 S	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	16	14	8	8	9	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	17	6	6	6	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	-	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	6	-	14	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	4	5	-	6	6	-	13	5	-

	Tuesday 16									Wednesday 17
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	6	0	5	8	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	16	14	14	13	8	8	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	408	1596	3857	1644	9271	5414	550	56	67	17879	6520	3610	3491	5510	4605	3765	3599	3281	3187	2931	2655	4743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:59AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)					6:44PM 0.70													7:17AM 0.66
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	20	20	19	21	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	18	19	19	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	20	20	18	21	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	18	19	19	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 NE	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	13	16	8	16	14	14	13	14	14	15	8	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	-	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	16	7	16	-	6	8	-	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	12

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