Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

21.0°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 1PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	18s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	17s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Mon afternoon, light winds from the N by Tue night).
	Sunday 13							Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	1	1	1	2	0	!	!	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 9	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	E 7	S 15	ESE 8	S 15	SSW 15	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	70	76	194	325	307	290	260	251	242	187	157	217	109	73	597	505	582	609	575	651	755	771	745
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N
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-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					4:57PM2.07m					5:07AM1.93m				5:23PM1.97m				5:32AM1.83m				5:47PM1.83m
Low Tide			10:44AM-0.06m					11:03PM0.03m				11:11AM0.02m				11:29PM0.12m				11:37AM0.13m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	2	—
Temp °C	19	20	24	25	22	21	21	21	20	22	25	26	24	22	21	21	21	22	25	26	20	19	19
Feels °C	18	19	22	22	19	19	19	19	17	19	20	21	18	17	17	17	17	19	23	23	19	17	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	SSE 8	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	ESE 7	E 7	SE 8	ESE 8	S 15	SSW 15	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 12	E 9	E 10
kJ	165	162	58	325	307	290	260	251	186	187	98	217	109	73	597	505	582	609	575	651	25	771	745
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 19	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 9	S 9	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 12	S 12	—	S 12	S 12
kJ	70	76	192	58	42	40	34	39	242	161	157	109	7	2	63	62	33	30	28	26	—	25	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	E 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 10	—	—	S 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 19
kJ	22	21	21	21	18	30	18	17	67	23	7	7	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	E 9	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NNE 4	NNE 5	ENE 7	NE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	ENE 9	—	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 10	—
kJ	44	53	194	112	173	166	205	195	35	42	222	188	809	871	47	74	64	926	—	938	755	1222	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Margate Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	3	4	1	5	6	4	3	2	1	2	5	4	1	1	4	1	3	3	4	4
Distance (km)	0	157	157	157	1057	626	1013	1013	850	838	838	626	626	558	376	283	99	50	99	208	58	117	117
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Umhlanga																Umhlanga	Siyayi	Umhlanga		St Lucia	Umhlanga	Umhlanga
Rating (10 max)	2																4	4	3		3	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Jongensfontein Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	6	4	5	4	4	4	6	8	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Fish Boma South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Injidup Carpark Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Namotu Lefts Fiji	Restaurants Fiji	Frigates Fiji	Gas Bay Australia	Cintsa West South Africa	Hole-in-the-Wall South Africa	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Supertubes Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Aganoa Beach Samoa	Saint Leu Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion
Rating (10 max)	9	8	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6

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