Richards Bay (Inside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Inside) sea temperature is

22.8°C

Richards Bay (Inside) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Inside) today (28 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Inside) at 12PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	7s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (28 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed night, fresh winds from the ENE by Fri afternoon).
	Wednesday 28							Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	S 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	382	289	142	134	114	227	291	320	399	408	416	408	299	293	293	222	217	196	196	138	138	138	138
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SE	SE	S	S	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide					4:48PM2.01m					5:06AM1.87m				5:24PM1.87m				5:45AM1.75m				6:04PM1.69m
Low Tide			10:35AM-0.00m				10:58PM0.05m					11:12AM0.10m				11:35PM0.17m				11:53AM0.27m


	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	21	22	22	21	20	19	19	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	20	23	24	22	21	20
Feels °C	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	18	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	28	289	142	134	114	227	291	320	399	408	416	408	299	293	293	222	217	196	196	138	138	138	138
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SSE 9	SE 11	S 7	SSE 8	SE 10	ESE 7	SW 12	E 6	E 6	E 8	S 21	S 20	S 20	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 8	SSW 19	S 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17
kJ	4	28	18	109	112	51	50	5	18	17	41	9	8	30	54	38	36	28	70	26	62	30	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 10	ENE 7	SW 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 10	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	S 19	SSW 19	S 19	S 19	SSW 19	S 14	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 17
kJ	5	12	12	19	40	88	16	6	22	22	10	11	12	12	28	69	64	29	70	4	33	61	57
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 8	E 7	E 8	—	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 3	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6
kJ	382	262	114	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	41	44	54	—	62	54	5	22	69	99	95	108
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	4	3
Distance (km)	98	76	630	1	156	98	1	1	1	1	1056	156	156	156	0	0	0	849	893	893	893	849	867
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Umdloti	Tongaat		Alkantstrand		Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Mapelane	Mapelane					Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)	2	2		2		2	2	2	3	3					2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	8	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	6

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