Richards Bay South Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.82° S 32.09° E

Issued: 7 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Richards Bay South Pier sea temperature is

21.9° C

Richards Bay South Pier 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 South Pier today (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 12AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (22 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri morning).
	Tue 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	S 14	S 14	S 13	SSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	448	448	455	471	428	428	373	336	336	282	251	205	205	202	177	153	146	176	690
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	ESE	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide			8:33PM1.46m				8:47AM1.29m				9:32PM1.32m				10:08AM1.18m
Low Tide	2:09PM0.51m				2:47AM0.66m				2:59PM0.66m				3:58AM0.76m				4:23PM0.77m


	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	21	20	19	18	18	22	25	23	21	20	19	18	18	24	25	20	20	19
Feels °C	21	21	20	18	17	17	19	21	20	19	18	16	16	16	21	24	18	20	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	448	448	455	471	428	428	373	336	336	282	251	205	205	202	177	66	66	74	47
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 14	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12
kJ	72	139	190	188	174	221	218	268	253	179	171	125	125	87	106	142	142	140	108
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 17	SSW 16	SSW 11	SSW 11	E 9	S 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	E 8
kJ	51	155	115	85	13	1	6	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	126	153	146	176	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SW 3	SW 4	SSW 13
kJ	5	10	9	11	12	16	17	24	110	138	111	107	89	82	78	161	2	4	690
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Distance (km)	155	49	0	1	35	35	155	155	487	155	115	115	35	49	35	627	2	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast		Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay				Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Mtunzini		Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)		3	3	3	3	3	3				3	3	3	2	2		3	2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Treskostraal West Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Vleesbaai Overberg	Santos Reef Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5
Header Global	Fare Left French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Bancoora Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	9	9

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