Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
26.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 10PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1
SSW
1.2
E
1.6
SSW
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)887117688899131212121299998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)227206215230156148113116102120123173155187144137127119125150143136133140
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
10
S
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
ENE
0
NE
5
E
15
ESE
20
E
10
E
5
NE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
1.30
1:53AM
1.48
2:08PM
1.48
2:29AM
1.67
2:42PM
1.63
3:00AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
0.52
8:07AM
0.46
8:13PM
0.34
8:40AM
0.30
8:45PM
0.20
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset--5:57-------5:55-------5:54-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1---11----------11---
Temp. °C292827242423232324252424232323242525242424242324
Feels °C (?)313031242222242426262526262626272525262728282628
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