Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

22.4°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 (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 12PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (10 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sun afternoon).
	Saturday 10							Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	E 7	E 7	S 15	S 14	ESE 11	SSW 13	ESE 8	E 8	SSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	132	132	157	151	130	121	98	121	96	94	123	68	69	90	69	97	109	107	117	156	144	191	59
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	E	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					3:33PM2.05m				3:46AM1.95m				4:00PM2.05m				4:13AM1.94m				4:26PM2.00m
Low Tide			9:19AM0.02m				9:41PM0.02m				9:48AM-0.01m				10:07PM0.01m				10:15AM0.02m				10:33PM0.04m


	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	23	29	29	24	22	21	20	19	22	28	29	24	22	21
Feels °C	21	22	26	24	23	22	23	22	20	21	26	25	20	19	19	18	16	19	24	24	20	19	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 7	E 7	E 7	ESE 10	ESE 11	SSW 13	ESE 8	E 8	SSW 12
kJ	132	132	147	151	130	103	98	121	96	94	94	68	68	90	61	97	46	51	117	59	144	191	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	E 7	ESE 9	ESE 11	ESE 9	S 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12
kJ	100	97	157	146	128	121	78	77	51	53	66	67	69	40	69	43	50	107	66	156	57	32	59
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 5	SSW 5	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 15	ESE 11	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	12	24	39	8	2	17	17	10	6	6	6	3	2	67	63	63	109	43	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 5	—	ENE 4	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 6	ENE 7
kJ	83	39	18	—	21	60	63	61	72	92	123	333	427	239	120	80	77	152	196	431	362	231	379
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	4	1	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	157	155	50	50	157	116	157	638	1014	153	99	116	157	204	373	558	626	373	157	50
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2			2	2	1	1	1				4	4	2	2						3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	9	6	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

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