Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 30 Dec 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
23.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 9PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 30). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (30 Dec)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (30 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1.6
E
1.8
ENE
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)95681012121212121212171616888888998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106146232143333333655227233245217219196130155284
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
5
NE
10
NE
35
ENE
30
NE
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
NE
20
SSW
10
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
1.48
12:49AM
1.33
1:19PM
1.57
1:54AM
1.47
2:17PM
1.68
2:47AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
0.51
6:49AM
0.47
7:42PM
0.38
7:55AM
0.36
8:35PM
0.26
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Sunrise------4:56-------4:58-------4:58-
Sunset--6:57-------6:58-------6:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------33-------21---
Temp. °C242423232120192123252422222121232424242322232224
Feels °C (?)212019191817182324222223232322252425232323262222
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