Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 am 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

22.0°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 (24 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 3PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (24 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (24 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the NNE by Sat night).
	Thursday 24							Friday 25								Saturday 26
	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	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 16	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	97	136	110	103	99	95	93	74	132	239	279	329	297	225	272	199	145	138	107	89	238	234	222
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	W	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					2:47PM1.80m				2:56AM1.80m				3:12PM1.95m				3:23AM1.92m				3:39PM2.07m
Low Tide			8:34AM0.26m				8:52PM0.23m				9:00AM0.12m				9:19PM0.10m				9:26AM0.01m				9:46PM0.00m


	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	21	25	27	23	22	21	20	20	21	25	25	23	22	21
Feels °C	21	20	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	24	25	21	21	19	18	19	21	26	24	20	19	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	ENE 6	S 11	S 11	E 7	E 7
kJ	97	136	110	103	99	95	93	74	61	239	279	329	297	225	272	199	145	138	42	89	60	77	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	S 16	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 7	E 7	S 11	SE 8	S 16	S 16	S 15
kJ	60	64	48	42	28	28	27	27	132	55	57	33	32	31	21	16	23	14	94	16	79	234	222
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	E 7	ENE 7	S 10	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	—	—	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	S 17	SSE 8	ESE 8	SSE 8
kJ	81	70	69	67	63	58	37	36	17	16	30	17	23	22	—	—	16	16	21	49	6	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	—	SSW 5	—	—	—	E 7	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	6	15	17	12	9	—	9	—	—	—	26	36	80	111	141	132	80	52	107	85	238	171	143
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	440	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	157	157	116	157	142	50	0	205	626	484	184	99
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2		2	2	2	1	2	2				2		2	3	2					3
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	4	5	4	9	5	4	9	7	5	4	4	6	4	5	4	5	5	9	9	8

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