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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 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 SSW	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.9 S
Period(s)	15	14	13	13	12	17	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	7	7	12	6	7	12
Energy	6746	3872	1872	1164	742	1369	2273	1506	552	853	468	350	401	249	120	429	672	507	155	280	316	1051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:43PM 1.76	2:57AM 1.92		3:12PM 1.62	3:24AM 1.96		3:38PM 2.05	3:51AM 2.13		4:05PM 1.85	4:16AM 1.92		4:33PM 1.71	4:44AM 1.80		5:02PM 1.56		5:12AM 1.91	5:31PM 1.69		5:40AM 1.64	6:03PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		8:44PM 0.23	9:08AM 0.16		9:13PM 0.17	9:34AM 0.12		9:41PM 0.14	10:00AM 0.11		10:08PM 0.31	10:26AM 0.13		10:36PM 0.19	10:54AM 0.18		11:04PM 0.26	11:22AM 0.28		11:33PM 0.36	11:53AM 0.36
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-
High °C	21	19	19	28	24	22	23	22	23	25	21	23	25	24	28	30	27	33	25	21	22	22
Low °C	20	17	17	28	20	20	22	19	19	23	19	20	24	22	22	27	23	25	22	20	22	21
Chill °C (?)	21	19	19	28	24	22	23	22	23	25	21	23	25	24	28	30	27	33	25	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 SSW	1.9 S
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	12	17	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	6	10	7	7	8	8	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	15	11	6	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	11	14	10	13	12	16	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	7	6	6	-	-	6	-	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	5	6	7	-

	Wednesday 29					Thursday 30								Friday 01								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	13	16	15	14	15	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	12	15	16	15	14
Energy	4693	6670	6083	5624	5182	3872	3564	3006	2020	1482	1167	1055	1296	1056	665	1517	882	353	1924	1869	1478	1479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 1.54				2:57AM 2.08				3:10PM 1.82				3:25AM 1.91				3:38PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 0.27				8:44PM 0.23				9:07AM 0.16				9:11PM 0.17				9:33AM 0.12				9:41PM 0.14
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	20	19	20	17	21	21	19	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	22	30	22	22	22	19
Chill °C (?)	21	22	20	19	20	17	21	21	19	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	22	30	22	22	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	15	14	15	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	15	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	5	5	6	7	7	7	18	18	19	6	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	2.0 NNE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 NNE	1.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29															Thursday 30
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu Natal North Coast	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	13	13	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13
Energy	9581	10428	6796	7432	6733	7302	4001	4531	6746	5232	5162	5624	5091	4330	4551	4227	4224	3966	3459	3620	3340	2709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:42PM 1.92												2:53AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 0.27												8:42PM 0.22
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	22	21	23	22	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	17	18	21	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	22	21	23	22	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	17	18	21	17	18	18	16
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.4 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	16	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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