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Richards Bay (Outside) surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 18 Apr 2025 SAST
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Richards Bay (Outside) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Richards Bay (Outside) sea temperature is
24.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Richards Bay (Outside) today?

The current surf forecast for Richards Bay (Outside) at 11PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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

Hourly12 Days
KwaZulu-Natal North Coast Surf
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Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Sat
26
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
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2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
2
2
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.4
S
2
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
SE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.7
SSW
1
S
1.6
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151111111112121212121212121211111111111111111111111010101010101010111110101099999999999999915141313715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)916835915894104611721460175119061833167915871447136511661064108597382274566167357156053354838932031428628124024525027933824024032039932030430729425525520616214114111811892922093029603142372076
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
0
S
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
0
SSW
0
NNW
10
NNE
20
N
10
N
5
S
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
5
NW
5
W
15
NNW
5
SW
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
1.51
6:28AM
1.50
6:52PM
1.37
7:12AM
1.35
8:00PM
1.23
8:48AM
1.21
10:44PM
1.21
11:33AM
1.24
12:26AM
1.39
12:49PM
1.41
1:18AM
1.62
1:37PM
1.59
1:58AM
1.84
2:17PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:19AM
0.48
12:45PM
0.53
12:59AM
0.64
1:40PM
0.68
2:17AM
0.80
3:41PM
0.78
5:08AM
0.81
5:53PM
0.68
6:41AM
0.63
6:55PM
0.50
7:31AM
0.42
7:39PM
0.30
8:11AM
0.22
8:18PM
0.13
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Sat
26
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset5:30-------5:29-------5:28-------5:27-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------5:23---
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)212121212122222120201818171622232122232222222524232423232322242929222120211918181919201921202025222322222122232424222122
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