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Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 02 Feb 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
26.5° 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 1AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
NE
1.1
ENE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
NE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)815151481313561212661212561111111161111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1112721218115399991131228516788838585106135656666661904040
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
N
5
ENE
15
E
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.86
4:46AM
1.95
4:55PM
1.87
5:18AM
1.96
5:25PM
1.84
5:48AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
-0.02
10:51AM
0.07
11:01PM
-0.05
11:22AM
0.09
11:31PM
-0.01
11:52AM
0.15
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----5:24-------5:26-------5:26--
Sunset6:52-------6:51-------6:50-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272524232325272726252422222427272625232221232628
Feels °C (?)282726252627262525262523232526252524222323262726
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