Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Outside) today (10 Jun):

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

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 12PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am June 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Thu night, calm by Fri morning).
	Wednesday 10							Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat 13
	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)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 6	SSW 12	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	E 9	ESE 11	ESE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	108	116	108	106	90	86	106	108	111	92	85	82	123	129	46	61	57	57	58	57	36	39	65	109
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	SSW	ESE	ENE	NE	N	N	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	SW	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW
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-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide				11:24AM1.36m				00:02AM1.58m				12:34PM1.44m				1:03AM1.68m				1:32PM1.55m				1:57AM1.79m
Low Tide						5:29PM0.53m				6:26AM0.50m				6:36PM0.44m				7:24AM0.38m				7:34PM0.33m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41
	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	5:00
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	22	26	23	22	21	20	18	18	22	24	23	21	21	20
Feels °C	17	18	21	21	20	20	18	18	16	14	18	22	20	19	17	17	15	16	21	22	22	18	19	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 7	ESE 9	ESE 8	ENE 7	E 9	ESE 11	ESE 12
kJ	108	116	108	106	90	86	106	108	111	90	82	82	57	56	39	61	47	44	58	57	17	39	65	109
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 9	E 9	ENE 6	ENE 7	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	25	25	16	16	10	6	37	70	103	92	85	76	48	47	46	27	57	57	28	18	22	10	12	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	S 5	S 5	—	—	—	S 6	—	—	—	S 16	S 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 14	S 10
kJ	17	16	15	14	14	38	5	2	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	5	23	25	24	24	36	24	18	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	S 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	11	18	26	42	123	129	146	100	155	—	—	—	—	2	38	64
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	157	157	37	0	116	116	37	116	157	461	116	76	37	37	0	0	157	116	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1			1	1	1	2	2	2			2	3	2	1	1	1		1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	6	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	6	8	7	8	9	9	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	6

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