Richards Bay South Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay South Pier today (10 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 5PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (10 Jun)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Thu night, calm by Fri morning).
	Wed 10					Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat 13
	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	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	S 13	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 6	SSW 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	ENE 7	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 11	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	108	106	106	86	106	119	103	113	85	82	123	148	46	61	62	45	56	37	36	26	93	147	153	173
Wind (km/h)	SSW	ESE	E	NE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NW	NNW	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		11:24AM1.36m				00:02AM1.58m				12:34PM1.44m				1:03AM1.68m				1:32PM1.55m				1:57AM1.79m
Low Tide				5:29PM0.53m				6:26AM0.50m				6:36PM0.44m				7:24AM0.38m				7:34PM0.33m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—
	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	5:00
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	22	26	23	22	20	20	18	18	23	26	24	21	21	20	20	20
Feels °C	20	21	20	19	20	18	16	14	18	22	20	19	16	17	15	16	21	24	23	18	19	17	18	20
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	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	ESE 11	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 5
kJ	108	106	106	86	106	119	103	113	82	82	57	57	39	61	56	44	29	31	18	26	93	147	153	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 8	ESE 8	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	ESE 11
kJ	24	16	10	10	37	70	103	92	85	76	48	47	46	27	62	45	56	37	22	20	13	11	6	173
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	S 5	—	S 5	—	—	S 6	—	—	—	S 15	S 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	S 11	ESE 10	ESE 11	SE 13	S 10	S 10	SSW 14
kJ	15	14	14	38	5	—	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	5	23	25	24	22	36	23	7	19	8	41
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 3	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	S 5	S 6
kJ	—	—	—	2	2	3	10	16	21	42	123	148	156	98	150	—	—	—	—	—	12	34	40	114
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Senoritas KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Distance (km)	2	155	155	35	0	115	35	35	155	155	155	115	75	35	35	0	0	514	206	2	2	2	35	1
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1	2	2				2	3	2	1	1	1			1	1	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	7	8	9	8	7	5	7	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	4

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