Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

23.0°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 4AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Warm (max 27°C on Wed morning, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the NNE by Tue night).
	Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 9	E 5	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13
Wave Graph
kJ	196	160	160	123	115	113	113	113	151	100	151	148	92	102	88	276	116	90	90	115	109	150	142	132	126	123
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SW	S	SE	E	E	E	WNW	NNW	N	NNE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NNE	NW	N	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				9:26AM1.31m				10:17PM1.22m					11:32AM1.38m				00:05AM1.31m				12:43PM1.54m				1:05AM1.46m
Low Tide		2:31AM0.66m				3:54PM0.78m				4:39AM0.69m					5:59PM0.69m				6:12AM0.58m				7:02PM0.54m


	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	6:14
mm	1	1	1	2	—	—	1	2	1	1	1	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	22	23	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	24	26	24	22	21	21	21	23	27	26	25	23	22	21	21
Feels °C	21	21	24	24	25	23	26	26	25	25	24	25	25	23	21	21	19	19	22	27	28	26	26	25	22	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 9	S 6	E 6	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 7	ENE 6	ESE 7	E 6	S 13
kJ	196	160	160	123	115	113	113	113	151	100	151	148	92	19	39	276	116	90	90	86	42	36	46	49	59	123
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	SSW 15	SSW 5	SSW 14	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 10	ESE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSW 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	ESE 8	ENE 6	S 13	ESE 6
kJ	4	21	28	21	32	33	32	24	33	34	38	41	31	31	88	26	25	24	80	115	109	150	63	31	126	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	S 10	SSW 14	S 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	NE 5	S 12	SSW 11	S 10	SE 6	S 10	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 9	S 8	S 8	E 9	S 14	S 14	S 7	ESE 9
kJ	16	2	21	2	20	19	17	17	17	7	11	24	19	18	29	6	23	43	13	12	12	38	142	132	4	26
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 5	SSW 5	—	S 6	—	—	NE 6	SE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 4	E 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	40	36	—	31	—	—	11	15	22	21	16	13	24	102	40	89	50	74	80	61	114	71	109	62	46	31
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Sodwana KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Surfers KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	626	626	204	0	0	0	0	0	125	157	157	373	116	116	37	559	717	0	0	0	0	157
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1			1	2	2	1	2	2	2		1		2	2	2			2	2	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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