Richards Bay South Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay South Pier today (02 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 7PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jun)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Afternoon (02 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (02 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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 Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 2					Wednesday 3								Thursday 4								Fri 5
	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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 11	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSE 11	SSE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	40	40	54	55	43	43	36	36	37	51	51	50	50	79	107	96	272	336	520	607	686	674	614	550
Wind (km/h)	NNE	ENE	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	E	NNE	N	NNE	N	W	SW	S	SSW	SE	NE	WNW	WSW	WSW
Wind State	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			4:54PM1.68m					5:04AM1.71m				5:27PM1.65m				5:36AM1.66m				6:03PM1.60m				6:11AM1.60m
Low Tide	10:43AM0.23m				10:56PM0.31m					11:16AM0.26m				11:29PM0.37m				11:50AM0.31m				00:05AM0.44m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—
	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	5:00
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	10	2	3	1	—
Temp °C	22	24	22	21	20	19	18	18	21	23	21	20	20	21	20	19	21	20	20	18	19	18	17	17
	22	23	22	21	20	19	17	17	21	24	22	19	19	18	16	19	20	18	20	20	21	19	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 6	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSE 11	SSE 12
kJ	40	40	54	55	43	43	36	36	37	51	51	50	50	49	49	60	272	336	520	607	686	674	614	550
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	NE 4	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 13	SSW 15	S 14	ESE 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ESE 9	ENE 7	ENE 8
kJ	19	19	34	34	29	4	25	25	10	10	10	9	30	71	107	47	49	35	41	48	67	62	54	96
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 13	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 12	ENE 4	NE 4	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 16	SSW 11	—	S 14	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	40	35	18	18	18	28	1	1	15	14	14	14	20	79	—	96	36	47	50	65	64	40	61	86
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	—	WSW 2	SW 3	SW 3	—	—	NNE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	—	SSW 4	—	—	NE 7	NE 7	SW 4	SSW 6
kJ	3	1	3	6	5	9	—	1	2	1	—	—	3	21	63	133	—	11	—	—	156	184	21	168
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Senoritas KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	3
Distance (km)	0	155	152	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	155	0	49	115	49	0	2	121	1	0	0	0	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	2	4	2	5	1	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5

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