Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 19 Apr 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
24.6° 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 8PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 19). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)5s
Evening (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111313134569910121215151414141414147
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1891077323351717194918258858662311607261051720449361293273289961593
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
ENE
40
NNE
25
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NW
30
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
0
SW
5
NW
5
N
25
NNE
30
NE
40
ENE
20
ENE
5
N
20
SW
35
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
1.86
5:12AM
1.93
5:31PM
1.77
5:49AM
1.76
6:11PM
1.63
6:30AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
-0.03
10:58PM
0.00
11:23AM
0.06
11:36PM
0.13
12:00PM
0.20
12:17AM
0.31
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:16-------6:16
Sunset--5:31-------5:30-------5:30-----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------1-11------11
Temp. °C262931282628262526252421212019192427242424231919
Feels °C (?)242726252626262122202119212120202225212528231415
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