Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

23.0°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 1AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 1			Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wed 4
	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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 9	E 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	120	127	192	196	160	160	123	115	113	113	118	120	160	151	148	92	129	106	130	103	101
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	ESE	ESE	E	NE	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			8:04PM1.30m				9:26AM1.31m				10:17PM1.22m					11:32AM1.38m				00:05AM1.31m
Low Tide					2:31AM0.66m				3:54PM0.78m				4:39AM0.69m					5:59PM0.69m


	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—
	6:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	6:13
mm	—	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	—	—	1	1	—	1	1	—	1	5	1	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	24	26	24	22	21	21	21
Feels °C	22	21	23	21	22	23	24	24	23	25	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	21	20	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	SE 6	S 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	120	127	192	196	160	160	123	115	113	113	118	120	160	151	148	38	17	106	130	103	101
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	E 7	S 15	S 11	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 6	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 9	SSW 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	82	68	4	9	21	21	21	20	24	19	23	36	37	40	47	92	80	29	26	26	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SE 10	SE 10	S 15	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 14	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 11	S 10	SSE 6	SE 6	S 17	S 17	S 16
kJ	42	73	77	4	2	2	2	2	19	17	11	17	15	14	21	19	23	23	6	23	43
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SE 5	—	SE 5	—	NE 5	NE 5	NE 4	ENE 5	E 5	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5
kJ	18	35	36	29	23	24	43	50	24	—	41	—	16	19	17	52	129	80	71	60	60
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	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	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sodwana KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	626	157	0	0	0	0	626	157	157	204	157	116	37
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	2	2	2			1	2	2	2	2				1		1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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