Richards Bay South Pier Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.82° S 32.09° E)

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Richards Bay South Pier surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 22.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay South Pier at 6AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (18 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	13s

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

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	2	2	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1005	927	762	1048	915	901	901	1144	1408	1623	1349	670	688	1267	1052	1179	1025	909	633	547	468	453	497	527
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	E	ENE	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:54AM 1.45					2:18PM 1.60				2:30AM 1.62				2:50PM 1.77				3:00AM 1.76				3:17PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)					8:03AM 0.46				8:26PM 0.41				8:36AM 0.29				8:56PM 0.27				9:04AM 0.15

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	20	24	25	23	21	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	21	26	27	23	22
Feels °C (?)	17	19	17	17	22	23	23	22	18	18	17	17	19	18	18	19	19	19	18	20	23	23	19	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Richards Bay South Pier (calm at Babanango 110 km from Richards Bay South Pier). 3.1m 13s groundswell from the S which is too big for here.
2 hours 34 minutes ago Richards Bay South Pier

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