Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 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
21.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 2PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (15 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (15 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
2.2
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)88799999791013131314141313131211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4223322762101801761661665081243260042714619352928582539204218071308996411364426376
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
S
25
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
0
ENE
15
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
1.22
12:36AM
1.21
1:11PM
1.40
1:27AM
1.37
1:49PM
1.57
2:02AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
0.73
6:46AM
0.61
7:29PM
0.56
7:31AM
0.45
8:02PM
0.41
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-------5:16-------5:16-------5:13
Sunset--6:04-------6:04-------6:05-----
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part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020201919191919201818171616161819191817171720
Feels °C (?)161718191919181514131212131415171614131212131418
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Salt Rock (light winds from the SSE.(Wind varies from 130 to 210 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport 15 km from Salt Rock). 2.7m 9s swell from the SSW with a 0.9m 9s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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2 h 16 min ago

15 km/h
SSE
Cross-On
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