Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 am 09 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 (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 2PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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 (light winds from the ESE on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 9							Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 8	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	276	240	199	194	158	151	158	501	132	132	157	180	128	121	124	121	129	119	94	86	82	90	94
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	ENE	E	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	ESE	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-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					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	20	21	26	26	23	21	21	21	21	21	25	26	25	24	22	22	22	24	30	30	24	23	21
Feels °C	22	22	27	27	25	21	21	21	22	22	28	25	24	27	21	21	20	22	27	26	20	20	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 14	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 8	E 8
kJ	276	240	199	194	158	151	158	140	132	132	147	146	103	103	124	121	94	119	94	86	82	90	42
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	SE 7	S 14	S 14	S 15	SSW 5	S 13	S 13	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 10	ESE 9
kJ	225	190	183	121	110	107	106	14	100	97	157	5	128	121	78	50	51	52	67	68	69	85	69
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSW 5	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSW 12	SE 8	SSW 14	S 14
kJ	34	33	33	33	22	22	21	19	10	23	10	27	17	17	17	10	7	6	2	56	2	67	94
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 5	—	—	SW 3	SW 4	SSW 14	SSW 5	SSW 5	—	ESE 9	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	82	58	36	—	—	2	10	501	38	23	—	180	68	84	75	86	129	95	152	427	472	265	116
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sunrise KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	The Wedge Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	3	1
Distance (km)	0	0	559	626	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	123	0	50	116	142	116	626	1014	157	37	157
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Rating (10 max)	3	3			2	2	2	2	2	2	2		1	2	2	2	2	2				4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	4	5	6	8	9	9	9	8	5	6	6	6

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