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Richards Bay (Outside) surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 SAST
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Richards Bay (Outside) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Outside) today?

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 9PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
2
2
2
4
4
2
3
2
4
1
2
3
3
4
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
E
0.4
SSE
0.6
E
0.4
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)96862121201917161616151514141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5638222714243276910261342135512741226102494591591510129601036111010941070903762
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
10
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		onglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crossglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:39PM
1.84
3:56AM
1.77
4:07PM
1.83
4:25AM
1.75
4:35PM
1.79
4:54AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
0.20
9:48PM
0.15
9:58AM
0.20
10:16PM
0.16
10:27AM
0.23
10:46PM
0.20
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------4:47-------4:47-------4:46-
Sunset--6:25-------6:27-------6:28-----
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322212020192122232221212020212223222221212123
Feels °C (?)232121222121202322232122222020222423212322222121
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