Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Outside) today (09 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 1AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm June 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the NNE by Thu afternoon).
	Mon 8			Tuesday 9								Wednesday 10								Thu 11
	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)	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 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	S 13	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	307	263	288	288	235	189	181	149	146	146	146	143	143	116	113	113	80	79	77	79	103	92	85	84
Wind (km/h)	NE	N	NW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	SSE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			9:36PM1.45m				10:01AM1.33m				10:52PM1.49m					11:24AM1.36m				00:02AM1.58m				12:34PM1.44m
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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	20	19	19	20	19	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	18	20	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	23	27
Feels °C	20	20	20	17	18	17	18	20	20	21	20	19	18	18	21	20	19	19	18	16	16	14	19	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 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	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	307	263	288	288	235	189	181	149	146	146	146	143	143	116	113	113	80	79	77	79	90	92	84	84
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 14	SSW 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12
kJ	22	21	11	21	21	20	20	20	37	23	17	20	17	15	15	15	10	5	38	71	103	92	85	76
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	SSW 14	SW 15	—	S 7	—	SW 8	—	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	S 6	S 6	—	—	—	E 11
kJ	4	4	21	54	—	4	—	3	—	36	35	34	17	16	15	14	14	39	5	2	—	—	—	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	SSW 8	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 5	NE 5
kJ	10	14	14	13	16	20	44	57	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	11	10	18	19	21	32	54
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Zinkwazi 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	Mtunzini KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	440	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	157	37	204	116	99	37	116	76
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay	Umhlanga	Alkantstrand		Alkantstrand	Mtunzini	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)			Mtunzini	Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Zinkwazi
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	1	1	1			1	1	1	2	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	7

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