Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 19 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
26.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 9PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1110101010999998139913999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)561469380373312236221232115936967656564555758585860616262
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
N
0
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
20
E
25
E
5
ENE
15
NE
5
NE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglasscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
1.92
5:25AM
2.02
5:34PM
1.88
5:54AM
1.97
6:04PM
1.79
6:26AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:02AM
0.01
11:10PM
-0.08
11:31AM
0.02
11:39PM
-0.04
12:02PM
0.09
12:10AM
0.05
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:39-------5:39
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:36-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C272727252524242527282725252423242727262523232324
Feels °C (?)292931303028282828283227292725262827272725252425
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