Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

22.3°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 (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 19s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 7AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Evening (08 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	19s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SE by Fri afternoon).
	Thursday 8								Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	S 19	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	E 9	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	327	265	271	271	427	606	184	373	320	276	235	194	225	110	177	508	132	132	132	151	151	147	149	171
Wind (km/h)	SW	WNW	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NE	ENE	SE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	E	NNE	NNE
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	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		2:15AM1.69m				2:34PM1.89m				2:48AM1.82m				3:05PM2.00m				3:18AM1.91m				3:33PM2.05m
Low Tide				8:18AM0.21m				8:44PM0.18m				8:50AM0.09m				9:13PM0.08m				9:19AM0.02m				9:41PM0.02m


	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	19	23	26	22	21	21	20	19	22	27	30	24	22	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	22	22
Feels °C	19	18	19	21	23	19	19	20	20	19	22	27	30	27	22	21	21	20	21	24	25	25	24	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 7	S 7	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9
kJ	327	265	271	271	59	54	181	373	320	276	235	194	225	108	177	154	132	132	132	151	151	147	149	171
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSW 18	SSW 19	S 8	S 8	S 18	S 18	S 16	S 16	S 15	ENE 6	S 14	SE 7	SE 8	S 14	S 14	S 15	SSW 6	S 13	S 13	S 12
kJ	152	114	74	57	65	115	43	31	163	225	190	183	121	37	107	14	14	98	97	109	39	128	117	77
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	S 19	S 19	SSW 18	—	—	S 19	S 19	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 15	SSE 8	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	SE 8	SSE 8	S 14	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 5
kJ	29	28	27	65	—	—	184	184	29	34	33	33	23	110	22	35	29	13	15	27	144	18	10	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 2	E 9	E 9	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	SW 3	SSW 14	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	—	—	NE 6
kJ	—	—	—	1	427	606	126	124	89	69	55	44	72	—	5	508	99	108	100	66	—	—	—	50
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Siyayi KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	631	839	157	157	37	0	0	50	157	626	587	0	0	0	0	0	0	291	157	0	50
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2					3	3	3	3				2	2	2	2	2	2			2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	7

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