Richards Bay (Outside) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.80° S 32.10° E

Issued: 1 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is

23.4°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 9AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 24°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat morning, strong winds from the S by Sun morning).
	Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 8	SSW 12	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 7	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	S 13	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	85	86	186	84	112	175	119	153	157	50	163	159	257	413	272	209	199	423	1191	1367	1289	857	594	413	340	413
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	1:47AM1.59m					2:05PM1.80m				2:22AM1.70m				2:37PM1.87m				2:54AM1.78m				3:07PM1.91m				3:23AM1.82m
Low Tide			7:48AM0.32m					8:17PM0.26m				8:22AM0.22m				8:47PM0.17m				8:54AM0.16m				9:16PM0.12m


	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	6:16
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	6	3	1	1	5	10	6	2	2	—	—	1	2
Temp °C	23	23	23	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	22	23	22	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	18	18
Feels °C	20	24	22	24	24	23	22	21	21	22	23	24	21	20	20	20	19	17	11	12	12	13	15	16	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	SSW 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSE 5	S 14	S 13	S 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 6	E 8	E 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	SE 8	SE 8	S 13
kJ	61	220	143	91	112	66	70	70	51	50	48	37	257	413	272	146	149	79	103	34	352	327	383	413	292	272
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 13	E 7	SSW 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 15	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	S 13	S 12	E 8	SSW 13	NE 6	SSW 11	—	—	S 13	S 13	—
kJ	85	86	186	84	86	53	72	70	71	45	163	46	46	46	61	209	199	190	219	2	176	—	—	361	340	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	S 13	SSW 12	NE 7	NE 7	S 15	S 8	SSW 8	S 15	—	NE 6	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 8	—	—	—	ESE 10	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	84	175	38	38	18	21	12	159	—	14	16	7	10	6	6	2	22	—	—	—	55	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	—	SSW 4	—	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 5	SSE 5	—	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	—	—	S 12	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	—	—	SE 8
kJ	208	412	—	17	—	114	119	153	157	46	48	—	30	17	24	—	—	423	1191	1367	1289	857	594	—	—	413
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Rating (10 max)	4	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Distance (km)	123	0	0	440	1014	229	155	155	155	0	0	0	155	155	0	0	0	559	440	408	201	123	76	37	37	37
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Rating (10 max)	4	1	2			2				2	2	2			2	2	2					4	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	2	1	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6

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