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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 SAST
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Richards Bay (Outside) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 7AM is: 1.1m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)18s
Afternoon (21 Nov)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (21 Nov)5ft (1.6m)16s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
1
1
3
3
4
2
1
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)212120191716161615151414141414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1424327691026134213551274122610249459159029989601052126612471210903775575566480480
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
30
N
25
NNE
35
NE
40
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		ononcrosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
1.77
4:07PM
1.83
4:25AM
1.75
4:35PM
1.79
4:54AM
1.71
5:04PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
0.15
9:58AM
0.20
10:16PM
0.16
10:27AM
0.23
10:46PM
0.20
10:57AM
0.29
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise--4:47-------4:47-------4:46-----
Sunset------6:27-------6:28-------6:29-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------223
Temp. °C212119212323222221212122222323222221222329312122
Feels °C (?)232320232322212322212122232322232321212127281723
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