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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North
Rating	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.6 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 S	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	11	6	14	7	19	16	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	9	10
Energy(?)	1534	1217	1042	656	432	253	615	996	764	399	581	595	379	391	355	159	296	193	203	694	1534	3110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:54AM 1.19		10:45PM 1.45	11:32AM 1.29		12:24AM 1.44	1:10PM 1.26		1:40AM 1.43		2:14PM 1.60	2:36AM 1.70		3:08PM 1.73	3:22AM 1.79		3:50PM 1.64	4:01AM 1.75		4:28PM 1.92	4:36AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		4:01PM 0.57		5:16AM 0.65	5:41PM 0.57		6:54AM 0.52	7:13PM 0.50		8:02AM 0.41		8:24PM 0.56	8:54AM 0.41		9:15PM 0.45	9:36AM 0.31		9:52PM 0.22	10:12AM 0.10		10:30PM 0.18	10:46AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
High °C	17	18	20	19	20	18	23	22	20	21	18	18	19	20	19	22	22	19	19	20	18	19
Low °C	16	18	19	15	20	17	18	20	18	20	18	16	16	20	17	17	20	18	18	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	20	18	20	17	23	22	20	21	18	18	19	20	19	22	22	19	19	20	17	19
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	16	15	15	16	11	7	7	19	16	12	13	13	12	11	11	6	11	7	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	11	15	14	11	9	5	14	6	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	13	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	6	7	7	6	5	5	-	-	3	4	6	6	-	-	6	7	9	10

	Saturday 19							Sunday 20								Monday 21
	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	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	11	15	15	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	19	18	18	17
Energy(?)	1836	1101	1115	1150	1217	1185	976	1195	755	925	811	442	432	452	803	570	523	538	593	440	585	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:48AM 1.33				10:48PM 1.35					11:39AM 1.37				12:22AM 1.52				1:12PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	3:49AM 0.55				4:01PM 0.54					5:22AM 0.58				5:50PM 0.73				6:53AM 0.55				7:14PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	4	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	18	19	18	18	16	16	15	15	19	21	20	18	17	17	17	18	25	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	18	19	18	18	16	16	14	14	19	21	20	17	16	17	17	18	25	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	7	15	15	7	15	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 S	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	15	11	7	15	12	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	11	11	11	11	19	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SE	-	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	-	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	-	4	4	-	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	6

	Saturday 19																					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	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	10	10	10	12	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2103	1615	1534	1349	1620	1662	1536	1501	812	1545	1493	777	777	382	382	371	361	743	994	435	748	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								9:53AM 1.20													10:47PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)															4:10PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	18	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	18	15	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.0 SE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	16	6	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	11	16	16	10	10	10	10	15	12	12	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	16	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-