Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 7 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

22.3°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):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 12AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (10 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (10 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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 SSE on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sun afternoon).
	Fri 9			Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 6	ESE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	E 8	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	158	151	158	132	132	132	157	180	130	121	124	121	119	143	94	68	69	85	71
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	E	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	3:05PM2.00m				3:18AM1.91m				3:33PM2.05m				3:46AM1.95m				4:00PM2.05m
Low Tide			9:13PM0.08m				9:19AM0.02m				9:41PM0.02m				9:48AM-0.01m				10:07PM0.01m


	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	24	21	21	21	21	22	25	25	25	23	22	21	21	23	29	29	24	22	21
Feels °C	27	21	21	20	21	23	27	25	24	25	23	20	20	21	26	25	20	18	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	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	E 8	E 8
kJ	158	151	158	132	132	132	147	180	130	103	124	121	119	94	94	68	68	72	55
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 14	S 14	SE 8	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	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	110	107	106	14	100	97	157	146	128	121	78	77	51	53	65	67	69	85	71
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	NE 6	SE 9	SSE 8	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	22	22	21	15	12	23	14	4	2	17	13	13	6	6	6	3	2	67	63
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 3	SW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SW 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	—	2	13	68	54	33	25	14	61	101	88	105	104	143	157	427	440	200	151
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	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	155	0	50	116	142	157	724	893	153	50	373
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Mapelane	Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Cape Vidal	Alkantstrand			Richards Bay (Outside)	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga					Umhlanga
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2					4
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	4	5	6	6

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