Salt Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.52° S 31.23° E

Issued: 1 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 7AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (21 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 18°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 6	SSW 9	S 10	S 10	SSW 14	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	235	246	203	165	143	116	106	83	83	105	351	522	393	283	233	466	472	528	215	639	683	539	327	1065
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NE	ESE	SSE	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide	00:32AM1.21m				1:03PM1.38m				1:15AM1.37m				1:35PM1.56m				1:49AM1.52m					2:05PM1.73m
Low Tide			6:38AM0.62m				7:13PM0.58m				7:17AM0.46m				7:46PM0.40m				7:49AM0.31m					8:16PM0.23m


	—	5:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	18	17	20	22	23	23	21	20	19	19	21	22	22	22	20	20	19	19	18	19	20	20	19	19
Feels °C	17	17	20	21	21	21	20	19	18	18	21	20	20	21	19	19	18	17	15	16	17	18	18	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 13	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 10	S 9	S 14
kJ	235	246	203	165	143	116	106	83	83	83	351	522	393	283	233	466	44	45	33	33	33	539	327	1065
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	ENE 6	ENE 8	SSW 14	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SE 10	SSW 14	SE 10
kJ	23	23	17	22	44	43	50	14	36	105	84	90	76	76	74	57	22	22	22	22	23	33	322	35
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SW 12	S 9	ENE 8	SSW 14	ENE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 8	SE 10	ENE 8
kJ	23	2	23	24	22	6	23	22	71	35	56	40	39	37	35	22	2	2	2	2	2	13	33	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	—	—	—	SSW 2	S 3	SSE 3	—	—	SE 4	SSE 3	SSE 4	—	S 12	S 12	SSW 6	SSW 9	S 10	—	—	—
kJ	9	19	58	52	—	—	—	1	1	4	—	—	2	4	17	—	472	528	215	639	683	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	The Wreck Garden Route	Blythedale KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Scottburgh Point Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	0	7	625	898	18	7	0	0	0	7	277	898	898	898	898	94	40	40	40	723	87	18	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2			1	1	2	1	2	2												3	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hout Bay Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wedge Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town	Vleesbaai Overberg	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	4	3	9	5	8	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	7	6	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	7	5	6	6	6	5	9	7	6	5	5	5

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