Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

22.0°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 (05 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 11AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Afternoon (05 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue night, light winds from the WSW by Wed night).
	Monday 5							Tuesday 6								Wednesday 7
	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)	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	!	!	0	0	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	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	407	333	315	406	474	495	456	474	456	442	694	732	874	627	637	495	771	1217	986	682	476	308	276
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSE	ESE	E	NE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				12:12PM1.30m				00:46AM1.33m				1:19PM1.52m				1:38AM1.52m				2:00PM1.73m
Low Tide		5:23AM0.76m				6:34PM0.71m				6:56AM0.57m				7:33PM0.51m				7:43AM0.38m					8:11PM0.32m


	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	2	1	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	22	23	22	22	21	20	20	23	28	29	25	24	22	20	18	18	18	19	20	20	19
Feels °C	18	20	23	24	22	24	23	21	20	22	25	26	22	21	21	15	12	13	13	15	17	18	18
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	E 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSE 7
kJ	407	333	315	406	474	495	456	474	456	442	495	33	32	627	637	495	405	386	342	335	328	282	228
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSW 15	S 7	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSW 13	SSW 12	NNE 6	SW 20	SSW 19	SW 18	S 18	SSW 16	SSW 15	ESE 10
kJ	11	20	34	38	27	44	27	70	66	61	34	11	5	16	15	51	15	36	50	25	27	42	276
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 15	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	—	S 18	SSE 7	SSE 7	SW 21	—	—	—	—	—	S 20	SSW 13
kJ	11	11	13	17	15	37	42	29	19	19	11	—	7	5	5	18	—	—	—	—	—	8	54
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 8	SW 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	—	SSW 5	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	—
kJ	112	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	694	732	874	49	—	149	771	1217	986	682	476	308	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wedge Garden Route	Senoritas KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	157	157	50	0	0	0	116	157	157	157	1014	1	204	512	392	155	392	208	99	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2			3	3	3	3	3					2	3						3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	7	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	6	7	9	9	8	6	6

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