Richards Bay (Inside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Richards Bay (Inside) sea temperature is

22.2°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 (09 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Inside) at 10PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sun afternoon).
	Fri 9					Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 11	SSW 14	E 8	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	199	194	158	151	158	132	132	132	157	169	133	136	124	96	94	111	94	88	69	90	94
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ESE	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			3:05PM2.00m				3:18AM1.91m				3:33PM2.05m				3:46AM1.95m				4:00PM2.05m
Low Tide	8:50AM0.09m				9:13PM0.08m				9:19AM0.02m				9:41PM0.02m				9:48AM-0.01m				10:07PM0.01m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	25	23	21	21	21	21	22	25	26	25	23	22	22	21	24	30	30	24	22	21
Feels °C	27	26	25	22	21	21	21	23	28	25	24	25	21	21	20	22	27	26	20	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 11	ESE 9	E 8	ESE 10
kJ	199	194	158	151	158	132	132	132	147	146	133	136	124	96	94	94	94	88	68	90	71
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 15	SSW 5	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 10	E 8
kJ	183	121	110	107	106	104	100	97	157	4	128	121	78	77	51	53	65	67	69	85	43
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 8	SE 9	SSE 8	SSW 5	SSE 8	SSW 5	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 14	S 14
kJ	33	33	22	22	21	14	12	23	14	27	2	18	13	13	6	6	6	3	2	67	94
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 5	—	SW 3	SW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	—	ESE 9	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 6	NE 7
kJ	36	36	—	2	16	44	54	23	—	169	95	84	80	80	83	111	152	355	459	219	127
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	3	1
Distance (km)	155	626	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	156	98	0	116	116	116	156	724	893	181	141	156
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast			Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)		Umdloti	Richards Bay (Outside)	Kosi Bay	Umhlanga	Kosi Bay					Umhlanga
Rating (10 max)			2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	1					3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	9	4	9	8	5	5	6	6

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