Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

22.8°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 8AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the NNE by Thu afternoon).
	Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	NE 6	S 13	S 13	S 12	E 8	SSW 4	SSW 6
Wave Graph
kJ	125	128	125	123	118	88	86	65	103	101	90	115	155	148	140	132	126	123	121	165	87	86	80	156	30	263
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	E	E	NE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross
High Tide					11:32AM1.38m				00:05AM1.31m				12:43PM1.54m				1:05AM1.46m				1:29PM1.68m				1:47AM1.59m
Low Tide		4:39AM0.69m					5:59PM0.69m				6:12AM0.58m				7:02PM0.54m				7:07AM0.44m				7:44PM0.39m


	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:14	—	—	—	6:15
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	22	24	24	24	22	22	21	21	23	25	25	24	23	22	21	21	25	30	32	26	25	25	23	22
Feels °C	24	25	24	27	25	25	21	21	20	20	23	28	28	26	26	23	21	20	23	27	29	24	23	23	21	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	E 8	ENE 8	E 8
kJ	125	128	125	53	118	88	86	65	103	101	90	34	88	61	80	80	126	123	121	86	87	86	80	156	232	157
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 9	S 9	SSW 15	ESE 9	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	ESE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 7	—	—	—	S 12	—	—
kJ	31	34	36	123	52	42	33	13	26	14	79	90	155	148	140	132	16	26	44	1	—	—	—	78	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 12	S 12	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 17	S 16	S 9	S 15	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	ESE 9	ESE 6	S 7	SW 6	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	17	15	11	21	19	17	29	27	23	42	13	115	12	11	10	4	26	15	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 5	—	—	NE 5	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	NE 7	SSW 4	SSW 6
kJ	—	28	—	—	8	12	50	56	65	80	61	89	32	44	39	36	38	49	77	165	306	537	514	284	30	263
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	626	626	142	204	157	50	37	2	2	76	0	0	116	116	893	1014	1014	37	204	99	440	204
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2			2	1		3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2				3	2	1		2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	7

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