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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	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	0	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	14	14	13	11	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	8	14	13
Energy(?)	455	1704	1489	3436	4349	1639	560	361	673	318	465	738	636	746	1051	805	473	346	174	124	328	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:40AM 1.29		2:45PM 1.42	3:06AM 1.70		3:17PM 1.88	3:36AM 1.76		3:42PM 1.68	4:01AM 1.99		4:09PM 1.75	4:29AM 2.08		4:37PM 1.82	4:57AM 1.93		5:05PM 2.05		5:26AM 1.94	5:35PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	8:30PM 0.52	8:40AM 0.60		8:56PM 0.56	9:10AM 0.42		9:25PM 0.24	9:38AM 0.42		9:49PM 0.28	10:05AM 0.12		10:17PM 0.18	10:35AM 0.24		10:43PM -0.06	11:03AM 0.01		11:13PM 0.11	11:33AM 0.03		11:41PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	5	2	9	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-
High °C	25	22	21	19	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	23	24	26	24	26	27	24	26	28	25
Low °C	23	21	19	19	22	22	20	21	23	19	21	25	20	22	26	22	24	25	22	24	27	24
Chill °C (?)	25	22	21	18	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	23	24	26	24	26	27	24	26	28	25
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	2.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	15	12	9	13	11	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 S	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	-	10	6	7	13	9	8	12	12	15	15	15	14	13	12	15	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	6	6	-

	Friday 13			Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	5	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.0 NE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	14	14	12	11	7	9	8	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	418	515	631	678	628	578	792	1562	1890	1107	3253	2998	5726	6132	2141	1816	3355	1401	1009	1160	974	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	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)	2:12PM 1.26				2:38AM 1.56				2:45PM 1.42				3:06AM 1.70				3:17PM 1.78				3:36AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 0.52				8:39AM 0.55				8:58PM 0.36				9:08AM 0.37				9:23PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	26	25	24	24	25	27	23	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	22	23	22	21	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	26	25	24	24	25	27	23	21	20	18	18	19	19	20	20	22	23	22	21	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.6 E	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.7 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	14	12	11	12	14	15	15	11	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 NE	1.0 S	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	1.4 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	8	12	14	8	8	8	8	8	12	13	13	11	12	11	10	10	8	8	6	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 S	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 S	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	9	-	-	7	9	8	8	14	14	14	14	-	-	13	6	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13									Saturday 14
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	5	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 E	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	14	10	12	12	8	9	14	8	14	14	14	14	6	6	12	12	8	8	7	7
Energy(?)	323	406	418	331	485	515	369	325	631	411	440	440	678	1357	359	590	991	129	131	1630	792	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:12PM 1.26												2:37AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)							8:30PM 0.58												8:38AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	-	1	2
High °C	26	28	26	25	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	22	22	24	21	21	21	23	22
Chill °C (?)	26	28	26	25	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	22	22	24	21	21	21	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.1 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	8	9	10	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	14	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 NE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	13	8	8	12	12	10	8	14	8	14	14	8	12	12	12	8	12	12	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	0.9 NNE	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	2	4	8	8	8	9	14	6	6	4	7	8	8	7	7