Richards Bay (Inside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Inside) today (06 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Inside) at 8PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

Table - waves today at Richards Bay (Inside). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 6					Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	NE 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 4	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	204	177	150	124	124	80	80	79	79	52	102	116	90	43	43	43	44	40	69	69	71	72	38	106
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	WSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross
High Tide				7:46PM1.64m				7:57AM1.49m					8:36PM1.57m				8:55AM1.39m				9:43PM1.51m
Low Tide		1:24PM0.34m				1:57AM0.49m					2:09PM0.43m				2:54AM0.57m				3:08PM0.52m				4:09AM0.62m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—
	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	5:07
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	25	22	20	19	18	17	17	22	25	22	20	18	17	17	17	20	25	23	19	19	18	20	19
Feels °C	19	21	19	17	15	14	14	14	18	21	19	18	15	15	15	15	18	21	20	17	16	16	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 8
kJ	204	177	150	124	124	80	80	79	79	47	46	45	60	54	25	21	18	36	36	35	56	55	21	46
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	SSW 15	E 8	S 14
kJ	4	6	6	6	2	3	3	16	15	15	14	21	42	43	43	43	43	40	69	69	35	72	20	106
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 9	S 12	S 9	E 10	SW 12	S 15	ESE 12	E 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 4	ENE 8	ENE 9	SSW 15	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	2	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	18	6	17	14	17	41	41	40	38	1	14	8	71	35	23	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 5	N 3	SW 2	SSW 4	SSW 5
kJ	23	31	79	97	103	82	75	75	69	52	102	116	90	119	100	—	44	18	36	67	2	1	38	30
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	50	156	153	116	116	76	76	36	50	156	153	116	50	0	0	0	0	156	141	50	36	0	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Siyayi			Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi			Umhlanga	Siyayi	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)		Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Richards Bay (Outside)	Cape Vidal	Umhlanga
Rating (10 max)	2			2	2	2	2	2	1			2	2	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	9	8	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	7	9	9	7	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	5

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