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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	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	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	0	3	3	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	4	4	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	9	12	10	10	9	9	6	9	8	8	7	9	8	13	16	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	982	492	499	593	772	288	408	151	82	171	120	73	115	70	78	39	55	759	1819	726	525	715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:25AM 1.51	1:42PM 1.54		2:01AM 1.57		2:13PM 1.61	2:29AM 1.68		2:42PM 1.65	3:01AM 1.55		3:08PM 1.92	3:28AM 1.76		3:38PM 1.79	3:57AM 1.61		4:04PM 1.90	4:26AM 1.77		4:35PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	7:25PM 0.62		7:24AM 0.43	7:58PM 0.36		7:58AM 0.35		8:27PM 0.43	8:29AM 0.28		8:54PM 0.20	8:58AM 0.23		9:21PM 0.17	9:29AM 0.20		9:48PM 0.15	9:56AM 0.21		10:19PM 0.33	10:25AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	16	2	5	1	1	-	-	-	3	6	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	19	20	19	17	20	20	21	21	20	21	21	20	22	22	21	22	23	22	24	25
Low °C	20	19	18	18	17	17	20	17	19	19	18	20	21	19	21	21	20	21	23	21	22	24
Chill °C (?)	22	20	19	20	19	17	20	20	21	21	20	21	21	20	22	22	21	22	23	22	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	14	12	10	10	9	9	9	6	8	8	7	7	5	6	16	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	7	14	9	12	8	11	8	8	9	6	7	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 NNE	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	7	8	9	-	-	6	5	5	6	4	-	5	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	4	5

	Saturday 15					Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tue
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	7	9	7	7	7	8	9	13	12	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	12
Energy(?)	920	909	982	674	803	492	422	363	499	621	794	1053	674	758	667	605	436	359	193	149	203	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:05PM 1.63				1:27AM 1.33				1:42PM 1.52					2:01AM 1.57				2:11PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				7:27PM 0.47				7:23AM 0.58				7:59PM 0.36				7:58AM 0.36					8:27PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	6	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	20	19	18	17	18	20	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	20	19	18	17	18	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	0.7 ENE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12	10	13	8	12	10	10	9	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	10	9	9	9	12	10	8	8	8	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	-	-	1.8 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	7	9	7	7	7	8	9	8	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	3	4	4	-

	Saturday 15															Sunday 16
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 SE	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	7	7	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	7	10	7	7	10
Energy(?)	606	1151	712	712	569	1177	1080	1108	982	774	766	674	717	801	803	603	480	492	479	404	422	964
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						1:06PM 1.44												1:27AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)												7:27PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	18	19	19
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.4 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	12	8	8	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	3	6	7	7	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	10