Richards Bay (Inside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Inside) sea temperature is

23.2°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 (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Inside) at 11AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (30 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 19°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 9	SE 9	E 7	ESE 8	E 7	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	217	222	192	141	138	138	138	135	118	100	119	249	39	39	64	47	78	42	65	65	68	88	74
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		5:45AM1.75m				6:04PM1.69m				6:31AM1.58m				6:52PM1.49m				7:35AM1.42m					8:04PM1.30m
Low Tide				11:53AM0.27m				00:17AM0.33m				12:41PM0.47m				1:10AM0.51m				1:49PM0.67m


	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Temp °C	18	20	23	24	22	21	20	19	19	21	25	26	23	22	21	20	20	23	28	24	22	22	22
Feels °C	17	18	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	21	21	19	19	17	16	15	20	30	22	20	21	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 7	ESE 8	E 7	ESE 10	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7
kJ	217	222	192	141	138	138	138	135	118	97	81	77	39	39	64	47	78	42	74	88	88	79	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	E 7	SSW 19	S 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	S 16	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	ESE 8	S 12	ESE 8	SE 8	E 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	64	25	70	26	61	30	29	28	24	5	18	18	17	17	47	11	28	18	40	45	44	88	67
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 19	SSW 19	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 17	E 9	E 9	S 13	S 16	—	—	—	S 12	—	ESE 11	S 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	S 15
kJ	5	29	70	8	33	61	57	2	6	3	5	—	—	—	12	—	12	11	65	65	68	80	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	NNE 3	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSW 3	SW 4	SSW 5
kJ	36	3	22	69	99	103	87	78	87	100	119	249	320	288	156	219	148	189	284	308	7	52	74
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Port St Johns Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	The Wreck Garden Route	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	156	893	893	1043	893	838	204	204	577	626	893	626	626	398	372	117	50	0	1013	55	55	1
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Richards Bay (Outside)							Sodwana	Kosi Bay								Thompsons Bay	Siyayi	Richards Bay (Outside)		Mapelane	Cape Vidal	Kosi Bay
Rating (10 max)	2							2	2								2	2	1		2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Jongensfontein Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Groenvlei Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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