Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Outside) today (08 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 8PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jun)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (08 Jun)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (08 Jun)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 8					Tuesday 9								Wednesday 10								Thu 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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	363	363	384	379	326	288	235	189	181	149	146	146	146	116	108	116	108	82	80	79	77	99	113	93
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NE	N	NW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	S	E	ENE	NE	N	NNE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	8:42AM1.36m				9:36PM1.45m				10:01AM1.33m				10:52PM1.49m					11:24AM1.36m				00:02AM1.58m
Low Tide			3:00PM0.56m				3:56AM0.66m				4:14PM0.58m					5:17AM0.60m				5:29PM0.53m				6:26AM0.50m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—
	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	5:00
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	23	22	20	19	19	20	19	21	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	20	21	20	20	19	18	17	17
Feels °C	19	20	20	20	20	18	18	17	19	20	21	20	20	18	18	18	21	20	18	19	18	16	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	363	363	384	379	326	288	235	189	181	149	146	146	146	116	108	116	108	82	80	79	77	99	113	92
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSW 15	S 14	S 14
kJ	35	34	22	21	11	21	21	20	20	20	37	36	35	24	24	24	22	24	17	15	10	74	106	93
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SW 12	S 14	S 14	SSW 14	SW 15	—	—	SSW 8	S 8	SW 8	SSW 7	—	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	—	—	—
kJ	20	6	4	4	21	54	—	—	6	1	2	5	—	34	17	16	15	14	14	39	38	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	SSW 8	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 4	S 5	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4
kJ	7	12	25	26	15	25	21	28	32	24	16	14	16	—	—	—	—	—	2	7	7	11	18	31
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	157	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	440	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	157	0	204	116	116	116
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Rating (10 max)	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	1	1	1	1			1	1	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	6	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	7

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