Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 29 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
27.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 11PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
E
0.8
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)913121212129999111111111111116666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1271731951921411341259414818089116114114110114125911011041019769163
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ENE
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
1.48
2:29AM
1.67
2:42PM
1.63
3:00AM
1.82
3:12PM
1.74
3:28AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:13PM
0.34
8:40AM
0.30
8:45PM
0.20
9:09AM
0.18
9:14PM
0.09
9:36AM
0.09
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:05--
Sunset5:55-------5:54-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242322212122252625242423232427272625242424242626
Feels °C (?)262524232323252527262726262828262625252525252524
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