Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

23.2°C

Richards Bay (Outside) 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 (Outside) 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 (Outside) at 6PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm 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 (Outside). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Sun morning, min 19°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Sun morning).
	Fri 30					Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	ENE 6	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	192	163	138	138	138	135	118	115	123	53	36	39	64	47	28	42	65	90	92	86	65
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	ENE	SW	WSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide				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	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	24	24	22	21	20	20	19	22	25	26	23	22	21	20	20	23	27	25	22	22	22
Feels °C	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	18	20	21	19	19	17	16	15	21	28	24	21	22	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	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7
kJ	192	163	138	138	138	135	118	95	81	53	36	39	64	47	28	42	74	125	128	82	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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 11	SE 8	E 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	70	26	61	30	29	28	24	5	18	18	17	17	47	11	12	18	41	90	92	86	65
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 19	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 17	E 9	E 9	S 13	S 16	—	—	—	S 12	—	S 12	S 12	ESE 10	S 11	S 11	E 8	S 15
kJ	70	8	33	61	57	2	7	3	5	—	—	—	12	—	11	11	65	9	9	42	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	SW 3	SW 4	SW 4	SW 5
kJ	20	80	113	103	87	81	96	115	123	350	398	307	156	219	240	175	271	2	19	40	57
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Wedge Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Nahoon Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	4	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	1014	1014	1117	867	838	204	204	488	626	626	626	611	373	373	117	37	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast						Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay								Umhlanga	Siyayi	Senoritas	Alkantstrand	St Lucia	Cape Vidal	Kosi Bay
Rating (10 max)						2	2								3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cape St Martin West Coast	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	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)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Warner Beach Durban/KZN South	The Hoek Cape Town	Vleesbaai Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Lebu Chile	Mangamaunu New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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