Richards Bay (Inside) Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.81° S 32.10° E)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 07 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 22.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Inside) at 5PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (07 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (07 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s

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

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	Friday 07					Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	S	E	S	SSE	E	SE	SE	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SSW	E	S	S
Period(s) (?)	5	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	13	6	13	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	35	32	38	38	48	62	66	54	113	146	193	166	98	86	68	53	80	88	90	67	57	60	82	89
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:38PM 2.03				4:57AM 1.90					5:16PM 1.89				5:38AM 1.78				5:55PM 1.70				6:23AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	10:24AM -0.03				10:48PM 0.02					11:03AM 0.08				11:26PM 0.14				11:45AM 0.25				12:07AM 0.29

	Friday 07					Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	21	22	24	22	21	20	19	18	21	24	24	22	22	21	21	21	22
Feels °C (?)	22	21	20	21	19	19	18	19	18	20	18	18	17	17	16	18	21	21	19	22	20	20	20	21

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