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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KwaZulu Natal North Coast Wavefinder

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	Sat	Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Saturday 26
	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	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Zinkwazi KZN North	St Lucia KZN North
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	4	0	0	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	11	6	14	19	18	15	15	14	14	12	14	11	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	885	635	426	257	585	646	483	917	1281	804	329	557	433	350	397	286	176	1049	1775	3842	2829	3139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:45PM 1.45	11:37AM 1.17		12:23AM 1.36	1:10PM 1.26		1:40AM 1.57		2:18PM 1.59	2:36AM 1.70		3:08PM 1.73	3:23AM 1.62		3:50PM 1.64	4:02AM 1.85		4:26PM 1.87	4:38AM 1.86		5:02PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		5:22AM 0.58	5:41PM 0.57		6:54AM 0.52	7:13PM 0.50		8:03AM 0.54		8:24PM 0.56	8:48AM 0.38		9:11PM 0.29	9:35AM 0.18		9:57PM 0.36	10:11AM 0.10		10:30PM 0.17	10:46AM 0.06		11:06PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	21	18	23	24	20	17	17	17	18	20	17	21	22	20	20	20	18	17	18	18
Low °C	19	15	20	17	18	22	18	16	17	17	16	19	16	16	21	18	18	18	15	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	17	21	17	23	24	20	16	17	17	18	20	17	21	22	20	20	20	17	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SE	1.0 E	1.0 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	15	11	11	14	7	18	15	15	14	14	6	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	16	15	11	11	11	7	12	6	6	12	14	6	12	10	10	7	7	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NNE	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	4	6	7	7	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	5	6	8	11	11	12	12

	Saturday 19			Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Wedge Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	7	7	7	7	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1138	1093	964	1048	1025	867	642	406	426	447	278	617	539	535	593	362	603	507	600	629	698	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	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	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:48PM 1.35					11:39AM 1.37				12:22AM 1.52				1:12PM 1.45				1:41AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	4:02PM 0.58					5:22AM 0.58				5:50PM 0.73				6:54AM 0.52				7:14PM 0.54				7:57AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	17	17	16	15	15	19	21	20	18	19	17	17	18	24	21	20	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	16	14	14	19	21	20	17	19	16	17	18	24	21	20	19	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	15	15	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	16	11	16	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	11	11	11	11	19	18	18	17	6	16	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	6	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	6	6	-	-	-

	Saturday 19									Sunday 20
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Wedge Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	12	12	12	7	15	15	11	15	11	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1109	1370	1238	1124	1113	1093	1074	314	309	351	403	462	462	695	1025	616	758	580	1003	609	770	778
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)									10:48PM 1.51													11:28AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			4:01PM 0.54													5:25AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	18	18	17	19	18	17	17	18	16	15	15	15	15	15	18	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	18	17	19	18	17	17	18	16	14	14	14	14	14	18	17	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	15	15	16	7	7	7	8	7	7	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	15	7	7	7	7	7	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.4 N	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	-