Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

21.7° 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 (07 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 10PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (07 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (07 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 7			Wednesday 8								Thursday 9								Fri 10
	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	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 4	S 14	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 14	S 16	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	92	108	84	43	59	43	43	45	69	69	70	222	42	104	119	168	503	946	875	848	746	1055	1723	2193
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	WSW	W	NW	N	NNE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on
High Tide			8:36PM1.57m				8:55AM1.39m				9:43PM1.51m				10:15AM1.31m					11:09PM1.48m				11:52AM1.32m
Low Tide	2:09PM0.43m				2:54AM0.57m				3:08PM0.52m				4:09AM0.62m				4:27PM0.58m					5:40AM0.61m


	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—
	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	20	18	17	17	17	20	24	23	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	21	23
Feels °C	20	17	14	14	15	15	18	20	19	18	16	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	18	18	18	18	20	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 8	E 8	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 14	S 16	S 15
kJ	46	45	44	44	24	43	43	45	36	35	59	44	21	33	30	168	503	946	875	848	746	1055	1723	2193
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 9	ESE 9	NE 5	ENE 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 8	S 14	S 15	E 8	S 7	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SE 13
kJ	14	21	42	43	59	14	12	40	69	69	34	33	21	104	119	30	74	53	49	46	44	42	28	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	ESE 12	E 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 4	ENE 8	ENE 9	SSW 14	ENE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 9	E 12	ESE 9	SE 12	SE 15	SE 14	SSE 14	SE 13
kJ	17	14	17	41	41	40	38	1	13	8	70	7	23	22	22	21	56	3	8	6	8	8	18	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	—	ENE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	SSW 15	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 8
kJ	92	108	84	111	93	—	—	18	29	53	92	222	42	49	60	67	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	2	3	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	50	157	157	116	50	0	0	0	0	157	153	50	204	0	0	99	0	559	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Siyayi			Umhlanga	Kosi Bay	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)			Umhlanga	Sodwana	St Lucia	Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay	Alkantstrand		Mapelane	Mapelane	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)	1			2	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	2	1	1	1		2	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	6
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	7	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	5	5	6

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