Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Outside) today (08 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 11AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am June 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jun)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (08 Jun)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (08 Jun)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 8							Tuesday 9								Wednesday 10								Thu 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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	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 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	388	363	363	363	307	379	326	288	235	189	181	149	146	146	138	108	108	108	108	106	90	99	96	96
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NE	NE	N	NW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	ESE	ENE	NE	N	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			8:42AM1.36m				9:36PM1.45m				10:01AM1.33m				10:52PM1.49m					11:24AM1.36m				00:02AM1.58m
Low Tide					3:00PM0.56m				3:56AM0.66m				4:14PM0.58m					5:17AM0.60m				5:29PM0.53m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39
	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	5:00
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	21	24	22	20	19	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	19	18	18	18	20	21	20	20	19	18
Feels °C	16	15	19	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	18	19	20	21	18	17	17	18	20	21	18	19	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	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 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	388	363	363	363	307	379	326	288	235	189	181	149	146	146	138	108	108	108	108	106	90	99	96	96
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 5	S 5	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSW 14	E 4	SSW 15
kJ	52	35	35	34	22	21	11	21	21	20	20	20	37	18	18	34	17	20	13	8	9	40	5	79
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	S 15	SSW 14	SW 12	S 14	S 14	SSW 14	SW 15	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 14	SSW 13	SE 15	SE 15	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 5	SSW 14	SSE 5
kJ	9	4	20	6	4	4	21	54	—	—	—	—	—	36	35	8	9	16	15	14	14	6	38	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 3	N 3	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	—	SSW 8	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	SSW 5	—	S 5	S 5	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 3	NNE 3	NE 4
kJ	3	7	7	12	16	34	—	25	15	29	59	36	25	33	—	20	28	—	—	—	2	9	6	14
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	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	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	157	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	440	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	157	37	0	116
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	1	1	1	1			1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	7	5	5	6	7	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	9

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