Richards Bay (Outside) Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.80° S 32.10° E)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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 22.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 9PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Evening (17 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	12s

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

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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	3	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	4	2	!	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1299	1083	1005	917	762	1048	915	901	901	1144	1144	1623	1511	670	688	1115	932	891	747	713	633	556	483	389
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ESE	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				1:54AM 1.45					2:18PM 1.60				2:30AM 1.62				2:50PM 1.77				3:00AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		7:49PM 0.59					8:03AM 0.46				8:26PM 0.41				8:36AM 0.29				8:56PM 0.27				9:04AM 0.15

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	18	19	20	24	25	23	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	26	28
Feels °C (?)	17	19	18	18	18	17	22	22	23	25	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	20	19	19	23	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Richards Bay (Outside) (light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 060 to 180 degs) at Richard's Bay 0 km from Richards Bay (Outside)). 3.4m 13s groundswell from the S which is too big for here.
3 hours 18 minutes ago Richards Bay (Outside)

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3 h 18 min ago

6 km/h

Clean

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