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Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?
The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 10PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
| Evening (28 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Salt Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 226 | 222 | 276 | 103 | 103 | 85 | 101 | 78 | 101 | 81 | 115 | 176 | 302 | 489 | 635 | 650 | 594 | 824 | 316 | 222 | 180 | 199 | 178 | 240 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | on | on | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:16PM 1.68 | 6:23AM 1.54 | 6:40PM 1.54 | 6:48AM 1.40 | 7:06PM 1.39 | 7:16AM 1.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:23AM 0.33 | 12:28PM 0.34 | 12:49AM 0.46 | 12:54PM 0.49 | 1:19AM 0.60 | 1:24PM 0.65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 22 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North
Continuing clean conditions at Salt Rock (calm at Durban Shaka Airport 15 km from Salt Rock). A 0.9m swell from the S
1 h 56 min ago
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