Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

23.2°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 (30 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 10PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (30 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (30 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 19°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).
	Fri 30			Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	E 7	SE 8	E 7	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	138	138	138	135	118	111	119	75	39	35	64	35	73	42	68	88	90	85	79
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		6:04PM1.69m				6:31AM1.58m				6:52PM1.49m				7:35AM1.42m					8:04PM1.30m
Low Tide				00:17AM0.33m				12:41PM0.47m				1:10AM0.51m				1:49PM0.67m


	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Temp °C	22	21	20	20	19	22	25	26	23	22	21	21	20	23	28	25	23	22	22
Feels °C	18	18	17	18	16	18	21	21	19	19	18	17	15	19	27	26	22	21	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	E 7	SE 8	E 7	ESE 10	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7
kJ	138	138	138	135	118	95	81	75	39	35	64	35	73	42	135	88	73	86	79
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	S 16	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	ESE 8	S 12	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	61	30	29	28	24	5	18	18	17	17	47	11	40	18	68	88	90	85	65
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 17	E 9	E 9	S 13	S 16	—	—	—	SSW 12	—	ESE 11	S 12	S 12	E 8	E 8	S 11	S 15
kJ	33	61	57	2	6	3	5	—	—	—	15	—	12	11	11	41	41	9	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5
kJ	113	103	90	88	92	111	119	283	386	292	146	195	123	220	263	263	21	44	67
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Wreck Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Salt Rock KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	4	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	1014	850	838	204	204	488	626	839	717	588	373	373	116	99	484	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)				2	2								2	3		2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Francis Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Koeel Bay Overberg	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5

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