Salt Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.52° S 31.23° E

Issued: 1 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Salt Rock sea temperature is

22.6° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Salt Rock today (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 6PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Evening (21 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s

Table - waves today at Salt Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri morning).
	Tue 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	546	546	494	546	486	494	403	403	403	361	319	319	278	236	232	232	167	213	192	232	710
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	WSW	SSW	S	S	WSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross
High Tide					8:34PM1.40m				8:48AM1.22m				9:34PM1.27m				10:13AM1.12m
Low Tide			2:06PM0.49m				2:49AM0.64m				2:57PM0.64m				4:01AM0.73m				4:20PM0.74m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	21	20	19	18	17	17	21	24	21	20	19	18	18	19	20	21	20	19	19
Feels °C	21	19	21	21	19	18	18	17	19	21	20	19	17	16	15	17	18	19	18	19	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSW 13	SE 12
kJ	546	546	494	546	486	494	403	403	403	361	319	319	278	142	117	91	91	77	54	232	132
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	S 12	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	115	71	91	151	206	193	237	296	305	285	261	201	137	236	232	232	167	167	164	56	46
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	SSW 17	SSW 12	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	E 9	E 9	—	—	—	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 14	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 12	—
kJ	15	55	53	15	15	14	6	19	6	6	—	—	—	99	99	120	109	213	192	164	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNE 6	NE 3	NE 3	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SW 3	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	SSW 13
kJ	—	3	2	5	12	12	16	51	27	34	107	257	236	275	215	178	2	10	12	10	710
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Bog Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Scottburgh Point Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1
Distance (km)	10	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	43	43	472	43	0	0	0	0	277	117	87	0	40
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Rating (10 max)	3			3	3	3	3	3	3				3	3	3	3		2	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	6	9

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