Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

23.2°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 5PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (04 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the NE by Thu afternoon).
	Wed 4					Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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)	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	E 8	S 12	S 13	S 13	S 13	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 8	S 8	S 12	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	115	155	148	140	132	126	123	119	123	125	86	98	78	85	86	84	172	114	111	135	129	70	65
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ESE	NNW	W	WNW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	SSW	SSW	S	SE	ESE	SW	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		12:43PM1.54m				1:05AM1.46m				1:29PM1.68m				1:47AM1.59m					2:05PM1.80m				2:22AM1.70m
Low Tide				7:02PM0.54m				7:07AM0.44m				7:44PM0.39m				7:48AM0.32m					8:17PM0.26m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—
	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	6:15
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	—	1
Temp °C	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	24	29	30	27	27	28	28	23	23	25	24	23	22	22	22	21
Feels °C	28	28	28	25	25	24	22	23	27	27	27	25	26	26	22	22	26	24	24	24	24	23	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ENE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 6	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	E 8	ENE 8	S 13	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7
kJ	90	38	88	80	61	61	23	119	123	125	86	98	336	85	244	207	172	114	111	90	90	70	65
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ESE 9	ENE 6	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	ESE 9	E 9	S 7	—	S 12	S 12	—	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 8	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12
kJ	36	88	29	140	132	126	123	26	39	1	—	80	78	—	86	84	84	84	35	71	99	70	45
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 14	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ESE 9	SE 6	S 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 8	SSW 13	NE 7	NE 7	S 15	S 15
kJ	115	155	148	21	17	12	26	9	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	53	41	31	18	39
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	—	ENE 8	—	SW 2	SSW 4	S 4	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 5	S 5
kJ	89	83	79	—	—	—	4	34	72	270	459	315	—	287	—	1	13	12	59	135	129	53	49
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Blythedale KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Wreck Garden Route	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	157	1014	631	99	204	142	0	55	0	0	1014	55	0	0	55	155
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1			1	2	3	1	3	2	2		2	2	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	9

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