Salt Rock Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 25 Oct 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 22.3° 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 2PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 25). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Afternoon (25 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Evening (25 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	5s

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

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	Saturday 25					Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	E	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	9	7	7	6	6	6	6	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	135	152	269	108	159	205	182	156	127	138	164	153	139	199	123	123	78	161	175	259	247	120	139	208
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	W	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				5:12PM 1.67				5:29AM 1.56				5:38PM 1.56				5:58AM 1.44				6:09PM 1.43				6:36AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		11:05AM 0.25				11:22PM 0.26				11:31AM 0.36				11:51PM 0.38				12:01PM 0.49				12:27AM 0.51

	Saturday 25					Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	26	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	19
Feels °C (?)	25	26	22	18	18	19	19	17	16	16	14	15	16	17	16	16	17	15	15	15	16	17	18	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Salt Rock (light winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 020 to 090 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport 15 km from Salt Rock). 0.4m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 9 minutes ago Salt Rock

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2 h 9 min ago

13 km/h

ENE

Cross-Shore

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