Salt Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Salt Rock today (06 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 1PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Afternoon (06 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 6							Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSW 15	SSW 14	SE 9	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 14	NE 6	SSW 15	SSW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	268	220	180	154	127	124	98	80	79	61	61	33	60	47	45	42	41	31	41	53	53	80	85	82
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	E	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	NE	N	SW	W	W	NW	NE	ENE	NE	NNW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross
High Tide		7:11AM1.51m				7:46PM1.58m				7:57AM1.42m					8:37PM1.52m				8:56AM1.32m				9:44PM1.46m
Low Tide				1:23PM0.33m				1:58AM0.48m					2:08PM0.41m				2:56AM0.55m				3:07PM0.50m


	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50
	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	5:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	19	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	22	24	23	22	19	19	18	18	22	22	21	21	19	18
Feels °C	13	13	16	17	20	19	15	14	14	14	17	19	21	21	16	17	16	16	18	19	19	19	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	268	220	180	154	127	124	122	82	76	81	83	33	60	47	132	85	56	34	20	31	31	39	53	59
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 11	ESE 10	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 15	SSW 14
kJ	28	28	29	20	21	18	98	80	79	61	61	17	17	21	45	32	31	31	31	53	53	54	85	82
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	S 9	S 9	S 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 11	SSW 15	E 10	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 4	SSW 14	E 10	E 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	38	38	37	6	6	14	19	18	18	18	18	20	21	18	41	42	41	2	41	17	17	22	22	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	SSW 3	SW 3	SW 4	—	ENE 6	ENE 4	NE 6	SSW 3	SSW 4
kJ	82	69	83	29	30	91	236	206	177	171	159	73	68	107	226	3	6	6	—	22	19	80	8	29
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach 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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	43	43	38	0	0	0	0	0	43	43	38	0	7	0	0	7	115	43	0	0	67	40
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	1			1	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	7	5	9	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9

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