Richards Bay (Inside) Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.81° S 32.10° E

Richards Bay (Inside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Richards Bay (Inside) sea temperature is
22.1° C
0.3° 

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


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

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Inside) at 11PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)--
Afternoon (28 Jul)5ft (1.6m)18s
Evening (28 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue night, min 14°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
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1
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SSW
6
3
SSW
7
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
3
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
2.2
S
9
2.4
S
8
2.4
S
8
2.5
S
8
2.5
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
262
799
853
1187
1455
1291
1044
990
963
918
860
523
749
790
670
874
1080
1548
1629
Wind (km/h)
35
SW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:38PM1.66m
3:46AM1.74m
4:07PM1.76m
4:15AM1.82m
4:36PM1.85m
Low Tide
9:38PM0.33m
9:56AM0.20m
10:08PM0.25m
10:24AM0.12m
10:38PM0.19m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:17
5:19
5:19
 mm
1
1
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
4
6
3
1
1
2
Temp °C
19
19
18
19
17
17
18
17
18
17
16
14
16
17
18
18
18
19
17
Feels °C
14
13
14
15
13
14
16
14
15
13
12
10
11
11
11
12
11
11
10
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