Richards Bay South Pier Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.82° S 32.09° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Richards Bay South Pier surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 28 Oct 2025 SAST

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Richards Bay South Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Richards Bay South Pier sea temperature is 21.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Richards Bay South Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 8PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	15s
Evening (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s

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

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	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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)	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	4	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	ENE	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	17	17	17	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	266	459	577	529	460	417	329	311	236	229	173	168	168	307	222	222	225	396	724	1174	1282	1354	1134	750
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	N	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:50PM 1.35				7:37AM 1.24					8:11PM 1.21				10:06AM 1.19				10:57PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		12:41PM 0.65				1:17AM 0.67				1:50PM 0.80					3:01AM 0.78				4:32PM 0.84					5:20AM 0.72

	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	1	4	13	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	20	20	19	18	19	24	28	24	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	21	20	18	18	19	18	16	16	21	25	24	26	25	22	20	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	18

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