Richards Bay (Inside) surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 SAST
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Richards Bay (Inside) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Richards Bay (Inside) sea temperature is
26.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Inside) today?

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Inside) at 7PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (10 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (10 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)999999999999999999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)343388415456474397388388388388528454454443417417417413463536384331324317
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
S
5
S
15
SE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
1.38
7:13AM
1.34
7:24PM
1.20
7:51AM
1.15
10:06PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.54
1:04AM
0.61
1:27PM
0.72
1:34AM
0.80
2:41PM
0.90
6:02AM
0.94
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:50
Sunset--6:14-------6:13-------6:12-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242423232322232324242323232222232525242423232424
Feels °C (?)212221212222232323222223242323242524232525252625
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