Richards Bay South Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay South Pier today (06 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 11AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am June 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jun)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Afternoon (06 Jun)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s
Evening (06 Jun)	5ft (1.6m)	11s

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 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon night).
	Saturday 6							Sunday 7								Monday 8								Tue 9
	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
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	340	327	268	450	543	606	595	550	550	540	511	492	483	426	396	388	380	314	307	307	258	253	307	221
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSW	SE	ESE	ENE	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNE	E	ENE	NE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	W	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	off	off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide		6:51AM1.52m				7:29PM1.50m				7:39AM1.44m					8:26PM1.46m				8:42AM1.36m				9:36PM1.45m
Low Tide				1:08PM0.44m				1:35AM0.59m				1:58PM0.51m					2:38AM0.65m				3:00PM0.56m


	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39
	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	5:00
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	20	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	21	24	22	21	19	22
Feels °C	15	15	19	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	20	19	18	19	18	17	16	14	18	20	19	20	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	340	327	268	450	543	606	595	550	550	540	511	492	483	426	396	388	380	314	307	307	258	253	307	221
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 11	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	NE 6
kJ	104	87	224	290	319	317	257	202	154	113	110	108	85	85	100	66	36	36	24	24	13	12	12	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	ESE 8	E 8	S 18	NE 6	S 16	S 16	NE 6	S 15	S 15	NE 6	SW 13	SSW 11	SW 14	SW 15	SW 15	S 15	S 14	SSW 14	S 14	S 14	SSW 15	SW 14
kJ	172	142	90	88	6	6	5	5	1	4	4	1	7	41	7	9	9	4	4	20	4	4	21	54
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 6	ENE 3	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	—	SSW 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	7	11	12	14	13	39	53	—	53
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Senoritas KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Sodwana KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	1	155	155	35	0	0	0	0	0	155	155	35	0	0	35	35	49	155	152	35	0	206
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3			4	3	3	3	3	3			3	3	2	3	2	2			2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	7	9

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