Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

22.5°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 (09 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 10AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 9								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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)	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 11	SSW 14	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	320	276	240	199	194	190	151	158	132	132	132	159	151	130	121	124	96	119	94	119	88	69	85	96
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	N	ENE	E	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		2:48AM1.82m				3:05PM2.00m				3:18AM1.91m				3:33PM2.05m				3:46AM1.95m				4:00PM2.05m
Low Tide				8:50AM0.09m				9:13PM0.08m				9:19AM0.02m				9:41PM0.02m				9:48AM-0.01m				10:07PM0.01m


	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	20	22	27	26	24	21	21	21	21	21	24	26	25	23	22	22	21	24	30	30	25	23	21
Feels °C	22	21	23	28	27	27	21	21	21	22	22	27	26	24	25	22	21	19	22	27	26	21	20	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 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 11	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	320	276	240	199	194	190	151	158	132	132	132	147	151	130	100	124	96	119	94	119	88	68	77	96
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 18	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	SE 8	S 14	S 14	SSW 6	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 10	S 14
kJ	163	225	190	183	121	110	107	106	14	100	97	25	148	128	121	78	76	51	52	28	68	69	85	94
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	NE 6	SE 9	SSE 8	S 15	SSW 6	SSW 5	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 8	SSW 14	S 8
kJ	29	34	33	33	33	22	22	21	20	12	23	159	17	5	16	16	13	6	6	20	80	2	66	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 5	ENE 5	—	SW 3	SW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 6	—	NE 5	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	104	42	58	36	37	—	2	13	61	66	47	—	7	44	69	59	80	89	85	109	355	472	247	116
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	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	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	156	626	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	157	0	116	37	142	116	157	839	157	37	157
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3			2	2	2	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	3	3				3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	5	6	7	9	9	9	9	4	5	6	6

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