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Salt Rock Beach

10:17 am 28 May 2011

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5:28 pm 20 Jun 2011


Salt Rock ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Salt Rock Surf Forecast / South Africa

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 01 am Tuesday 05 Jun 2012

Salt Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.9
S
1.1
S
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0.6
S
2.4
SSW
1.0
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1.2
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1.0
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0.9
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2.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.0
SSW
4.0
S
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2.5
S
Period (s) (?) 12 15 13 12 7 17 15 14 13 14 13 12 12 9 10 10 10 9
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 243 513 252 101 524 617 679 915 347 324 130 1336 224 1981 3609 3079 2016 1212
Wind
(km/h)
10
N 10
NNE 10
WNW 5
NW 30
SSW 15
SW 10
NE 10
ENE 10
WNW 10
S 15
SSE 5
NNE 25
WSW 30
SW 35
WSW 35
SSW 25
SSW 20
SW
Wind State (?) cross-
off
cross-
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on
cross cross-
off
cross off cross-
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on glass cross-
off
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cross
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Salt Rock blow from the NW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)

4:29PM
1.97
4:44AM
1.96

5:12PM
1.94

5:26AM
1.89
5:54PM
1.88

6:08AM
1.78
6:38PM
1.79

6:51AM
1.65
7:23PM
1.68

7:37AM
1.52

8:14PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
0.14

10:36PM
0.23
10:57AM
0.16

11:20PM
0.29
11:39AM
0.22

12:03AM
0.37
12:20PM
0.32

12:48AM
0.48
1:02PM
0.44

1:36AM
0.59
1:49PM
0.57


 

Note: the tide data above is for Durban, South Africa which is 42 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Salt Rock. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Salt Rock sea temperature is 23.7 °C (Statistics for 05 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 22.7 max: 23.6 min: 21.8 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the SW by Sat night).
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Summary clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs clear clear clear some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs light rain light rain rain shwrs clear clear rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - - - - - 2 - - - - 1 18 2 1 3 - - 1
High °C 23 26 24 24 23 18 19 22 21 21 21 18 15 16 14 17 18 16
Low °C 17 26 17 18 19 16 16 22 17 18 19 15 15 15 13 13 17 15
Chill °C (?) 23 26 24 24 23 17 19 22 21 21 21 18 14 14 12 15 17 15
Sunrise 6:43 - - 6:43 - - 6:43 - - 6:45 - - 6:45 - - 6:46 - -
Sunset - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 -
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Salt Rock is 4 km (2 miles) from the city of Ballitoville. If you plan a holiday in Kwazulu - Natal, look for hotels and other accommodation in Ballitoville. Ballitoville has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.