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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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 S	1.3 NE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	10	9	12	6	16	14	14	13	13	13	9	16	18	16
Energy(?)	361	58	83	236	127	82	260	238	227	156	485	247	509	755	279	198	374	247	218	507	2363	1565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 1.89		5:03AM 1.75	5:12PM 1.80		5:31AM 1.66	5:41PM 1.82		5:59AM 1.37	6:07PM 1.53		6:35AM 1.37	6:50PM 1.35		7:56AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.10	10:06AM 1.19		11:02PM 1.25	11:59AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41AM 0.16		11:00PM 0.35	11:06AM 0.24		11:23PM 0.27	11:31AM 0.55		11:52PM 0.37	12:02PM 0.48		12:26AM 0.67	12:41PM 0.65		1:13AM 0.76			3:07AM 0.70		5:09PM 0.94		5:20AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	19	30	23	22	20	22	19	19	20	19	21	22	20	22	27	22	22	22	21	27
Low °C	21	22	19	23	22	21	20	21	18	19	19	18	20	21	18	19	23	20	21	22	18	21
Chill °C (?)	22	24	19	30	23	22	20	22	19	19	20	18	21	22	20	22	27	22	22	22	21	27
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	8	7	6	14	7	7	10	8	6	9	8	10	6	14	9	13	13	6	9	16	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	15	10	7	10	11	10	9	9	10	6	5	14	16	6	14	9	12	13	12	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 SE	-	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.4 S	-	0.6 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	-	12	6	-	-	3	5	5	-	4	-	4	7

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	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	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.1 NE	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.7 NE	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	6	7	8	6	6	14	13	7	12	7	12	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	74	149	361	70	162	166	78	61	269	243	369	581	576	366	263	246	260	231	291	220	214	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:48PM 1.90					5:03AM 1.58				5:13PM 1.74				5:29AM 1.47				5:40PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			10:38AM 0.34				11:00PM 0.35					11:04AM 0.43				11:25PM 0.44				11:31AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	20	19	23	22	23	23	22	22	20	20	20	21	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	20	19	23	22	23	23	22	22	20	20	20	21	20	17	21
Sunrise	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	6	8	6	7	8	6	6	14	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	7	12	15	11	7	6	6	9	7	13	13	-	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.7 NNE	1.6 S	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 NE	0.5 SW	-	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	-	-	-	5	6	7	12	12	7	3	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

	Friday 24																					Sat
	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	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	8	7	8	7	8	11	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	8	6	6	7
Energy(?)	104	244	215	185	145	136	119	44	418	360	293	285	70	125	58	129	65	63	141	91	78	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:38AM 1.82												4:49PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)									10:39AM 0.16												11:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	21	19	21	22	21	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	20	19	19	20	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	21	19	21	22	21	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	20	19	19	20	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	12	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	6	6	8	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	8	13	12	13	12	13	11	11	11	12	12	11	6	10	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 SSW	2.0 NNE	1.3 SSW	-	1.6 S	1.4 NE	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	6	5	-	6	6	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-