Richards Bay South Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay South Pier today (24 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jun, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 2AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm June 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (24 Jun)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (24 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s

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 Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 23			Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Fri 26
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	SSW 12	S 12	SSW 6	E 8	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 11	E 7	E 7	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 13
Wave Graph
kJ	322	242	239	239	233	209	146	420	108	79	70	77	78	73	43	54	88	127	183	124	107	70	67	55
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NNE	N	N	NW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	W	WNW	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide				11:08PM1.40m				11:42AM1.27m				00:19AM1.41m				12:54PM1.32m				1:17AM1.46m				1:48PM1.39m
Low Tide	4:27PM0.64m					5:32AM0.69m				5:45PM0.66m				6:42AM0.63m				6:54PM0.62m				7:36AM0.55m


	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—
	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	24	22	21	21	20	20	20	22	24
Feels °C	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	21	21	21	24	23	22	21	22	21	21	21	21	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSW 6	E 8	E 7	E 7	SSW 14	E 8	S 16	E 7	E 8	E 8	SSW 14	E 7
kJ	322	242	45	45	44	46	47	50	53	55	55	55	41	55	40	54	67	29	183	28	29	54	67	28
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	E 11	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	E 8	SSW 6	S 6	SSW 11	SSW 6	S 16	E 8	S 16	E 5	SSW 14	S 18	S 13
kJ	45	45	239	239	233	209	146	2	108	75	44	77	55	25	16	43	10	127	29	124	11	70	7	55
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	S 18	SSW 14	S 18	S 12	S 12	SSW 11	SSW 6	SSW 18	S 6	ESE 11	ESE 11	S 14	S 18	SSW 18	S 19
kJ	16	18	16	7	7	5	3	2	2	7	20	7	78	73	43	10	61	6	12	12	107	6	33	28
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	SW 3	SSW 12	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SW 6	—	—	—	E 7	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 3	N 3	E 8	NE 4
kJ	—	74	104	—	—	—	4	420	48	79	70	55	52	—	—	—	88	23	21	22	4	2	55	14
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	115	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	155	155	115	0	0	0	0	1	374
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1			2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	4	4	5	7	6	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	5

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