Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Outside) today (09 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 7PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (09 Jun)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

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	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the NE by Thu afternoon).
	Tue 9					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri 12
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	181	149	146	146	146	143	108	108	116	82	106	86	84	119	111	113	85	82	128	92	58	56	39	38
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	S	WSW	SW	WSW	W	S	E	ENE	NE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	10:01AM1.33m				10:52PM1.49m					11:24AM1.36m				00:02AM1.58m				12:34PM1.44m				1:03AM1.68m
Low Tide			4:14PM0.58m					5:17AM0.60m				5:29PM0.53m				6:26AM0.50m				6:36PM0.44m				7:24AM0.38m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—
	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	5:00
mm	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	20	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	23	27	24	23	21	20	18	18
Feels °C	19	20	21	20	21	19	18	18	21	20	18	19	18	16	15	14	20	23	21	19	17	18	16	16
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	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7
kJ	181	149	146	146	146	143	108	108	116	82	106	86	84	119	111	113	82	82	57	54	58	59	44	31
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	SSW 12	E 7	E 7	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	20	20	37	17	14	25	24	24	16	18	9	6	37	70	67	92	85	76	48	24	23	56	39	38
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 8	SW 8	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	S 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11
kJ	—	3	3	36	35	34	17	16	15	14	14	38	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	47	46	27	25	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	SSW 5	S 5	SSW 5	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—
kJ	29	31	24	35	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	6	10	18	26	29	55	128	92	52	172	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	440	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	157	0	0	116	116	50	142	50	116	116	37	37	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2		2	2	2	2	2	1	1			1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	7	8	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	7

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