Richards Bay South Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Richards Bay South Pier today (06 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 11PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 06). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	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 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 6			Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	NE 6	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 15	S 14	S 15	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	150	124	124	82	80	79	79	52	98	116	90	43	43	43	43	45	69	69	71	72	109	106	109	168
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on
High Tide		7:46PM1.64m				7:57AM1.49m					8:36PM1.57m				8:55AM1.39m				9:43PM1.51m				10:15AM1.31m
Low Tide				1:57AM0.49m					2:09PM0.43m				2:54AM0.57m				3:08PM0.52m				4:09AM0.62m


	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—
	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	20	19	18	17	16	21	25	23	20	18	17	17	17	21	25	23	20	19	18	19	19	20	20
Feels °C	19	17	14	14	13	12	17	21	20	18	15	15	15	15	18	21	20	18	16	16	17	18	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 8	E 8	S 15
kJ	150	124	124	82	80	79	79	47	46	45	44	46	24	43	43	45	36	35	61	44	21	46	30	168
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 9	SE 9	NE 6	ENE 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 15	S 14	S 15	E 8
kJ	6	6	6	3	3	16	15	15	14	21	42	43	43	15	18	40	69	69	34	33	109	106	109	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 9	S 12	S 9	E 10	SW 12	S 15	ESE 12	E 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	—	ENE 8	ENE 9	SSW 15	SSW 15	E 8	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9
kJ	4	4	3	2	3	2	18	6	17	14	17	41	41	40	38	—	7	8	71	72	21	22	22	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 6	SW 2	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 5
kJ	90	110	103	85	75	75	58	52	98	116	90	97	53	—	—	18	37	64	92	1	11	15	14	15
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	152	115	115	75	35	35	49	155	152	115	49	0	0	0	0	155	140	49	35	0	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)		2	2	2	2	2	1			2	2	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	6

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