Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

23.3°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 (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 7AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 01). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 1								Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	E 7	E 7	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	47	35	42	90	104	117	124	196	196	160	160	123	115	263	113	118	125	353	125	123	164	161	86	65
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	ENE	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	W	WSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:35AM1.42m					8:04PM1.30m				9:26AM1.31m				10:17PM1.22m					11:32AM1.38m
Low Tide	1:10AM0.51m				1:49PM0.67m					2:31AM0.66m				3:54PM0.78m				4:39AM0.69m					5:59PM0.69m


	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	1	1	—	2	3	1	—	1	1	1	1	—	1	1
Temp °C	21	20	22	27	24	22	23	22	22	21	22	22	23	21	21	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	22	22
Feels °C	18	17	20	29	23	21	22	23	24	23	25	24	25	23	23	21	21	23	23	23	23	24	21	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 6	SSW 14	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	ESE 10	SSW 11	S 10	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	47	35	18	99	79	117	124	196	196	160	160	123	50	19	58	47	38	50	71	123	22	18	80	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	SE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 15	S 11	S 11	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	S 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSW 11	SSW 7	SSW 7	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	11	31	42	90	104	77	4	9	9	21	21	21	115	2	113	118	125	128	125	25	15	9	86	65
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	E 8	SE 10	S 15	S 15	S 10	SE 10	S 10	SSW 14	SW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	—	—	—	S 10	S 10
kJ	—	11	11	11	9	48	77	4	4	2	33	2	20	50	17	17	13	15	14	—	—	—	17	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	NE 6	SW 2	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	—	SE 9	NE 6	—	SE 6	ESE 10	NE 5	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	NE 5	NE 4
kJ	201	184	134	202	1	25	37	21	13	28	49	64	—	263	12	—	33	353	9	102	164	161	30	29
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	184	116	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	58	157	157	157	116
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Rating (10 max)		3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2				2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

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