Salt Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.52° S 31.23° E

Issued: 1 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Salt Rock sea temperature is

22.4°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 8PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Evening (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the ENE by Thu afternoon).
	Tue 3					Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 10	ESE 6	E 9	ESE 7	ESE 6	E 6	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 6
Wave Graph
kJ	164	365	167	110	137	127	137	128	167	163	154	143	137	133	129	135	137	96	90	87	95	96	188
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	E	NNW	NE	NNE	W	SSW	S	S	SSW	W	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	NNW	NNE	WNW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross-off	off	cross	cross
High Tide		11:33AM1.34m				00:05AM1.25m				12:42PM1.49m				1:04AM1.39m				1:27PM1.63m				1:46AM1.52m
Low Tide				6:03PM0.66m				6:11AM0.55m				7:04PM0.51m				7:05AM0.42m				7:44PM0.37m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—
	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	6:19
mm	1	1	5	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	23	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	24	29	29	30	27	28	23	22
Feels °C	23	22	26	24	23	22	24	24	24	22	24	25	25	23	22	25	28	26	31	25	27	21	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	S 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	ENE 8	SSW 13	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	164	47	103	103	137	127	137	120	80	63	48	45	137	133	129	135	137	96	90	935	95	536	206
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SSW 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	E 9	ESE 6	E 6	E 9	—	—	—	SSW 12	—	—	SSW 13
kJ	19	77	117	110	83	61	60	57	167	163	154	143	56	22	17	25	—	—	—	87	—	—	127
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNE 5	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	SSW 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	3	41	39	39	37	22	128	56	56	56	56	22	22	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 10	ESE 6	—	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	SSW 2	SSW 3	—	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	SSW 13	SSW 6
kJ	—	365	167	—	31	30	200	96	—	—	1	1	—	47	29	93	223	737	1301	1401	857	96	188
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2
Distance (km)	115	740	0	0	26	0	0	7	115	1260	18	0	0	0	0	43	593	495	0	115	0	115	94
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Rating (10 max)	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	2				4	2	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8

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