Richards Bay South Pier surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 10AM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)111017161616158141414141485566687777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3533575250487710882787675717766926659805554402727
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
N
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
10
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
NW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
1.10
11:11AM
1.13
12:35AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
0.92
5:54PM
0.81
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset------5:37-------5:37-------5:36-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222222828262422222222272926252423222325262524
Feels °C (?)232323232929272724252625282624242625242627282827
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