Richards Bay South Pier surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 Mar 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 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 2PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.7
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
S
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)888877771212121211101010111010115677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84487568150439234826923184319018021320213871104108686724063164231269
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
S
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12PM
2.00
5:31AM
2.08
5:44PM
1.90
6:03AM
1.92
6:17PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:08AM
-0.06
11:17PM
-0.07
11:40AM
0.03
11:50PM
0.05
12:12PM
0.18
12:24AM
0.23
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:56------
Sunset----6:01-------6:00-------5:59---
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
2111--1--------------255
Temp. °C232223242423232222232629292524232324262525252524
Feels °C (?)202022212222212122242829282625242426282525252524
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