Salmon Bay Surf and Wind Quality (South-Africa – Kwazulu – Natal, South Africa)

The charts below show frequency of occurrence of a certain swell or wind in Salmon Bay, broken down by both direction and strength (wave height).

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Seasonal Salmon Bay Swell and Wind Distribution

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You can also compare this with Salmon Bay swell conditioned on favourable winds.

Also see overall Salmon Bay surf quality charts (on the guide page) and Salmon Bay surf quality by month.