Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 22 Feb 2026 SAST
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Salt Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salt Rock sea temperature is
27.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 7AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.4
ENE
1.9
ENE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)99991088855775613131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60606162646262424451868610224686125125123847876757575
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
ENE
40
ENE
30
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
0
SSW
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
1.86
6:36PM
1.66
7:00AM
1.69
7:12PM
1.48
7:41AM
1.49
7:58PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
0.05
12:35PM
0.20
12:43AM
0.19
1:12PM
0.36
1:21AM
0.38
1:57PM
0.55
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---5:39-------5:41-------5:41----
Sunset------6:35-------6:34-------6:32-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
21-11--------16175-------
Temp. °C252423242526252524232224292625242322222325262625
Feels °C (?)282726282525242523232223272324262322222327302826
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